In what countries, besides USA, is Masters Swimming "big"? Now, it's very difficult to define excatly what I mean by masters swimming being "big" but let's define it like this:
1. An arbitrarily chosen city with a population of more than 100,000 in the particular country would be likely to have a masters team with at least 10 members.
2. Annually there should be at least 5 masters swim meet being held in the country.
So basically, if I reside in the particular country in a not too small city, I'd be likely to be able to join a masters team and compete without having to travel abroad.
The "Postal" event's are located in the "Swim Fit" portion of the website. Last year I swam the length of the Thames River.
forums.usms.org/entry.php
That's a fun one to do; gives you the chance to pretend to be an open water swimmer (if, like me, you dread the idea of actually swimming in open water). However, SwimFit isn't part of Masters Swimming. It's more of a "get adults into the pool for some exercise". Masters itself is almost entirely competitive. Which, in itself, is not that big of a problem. Except that SwimFit can be anything from an actual coached workout to a handful of laminated cards with "workouts" that include things like "swim for 10 minutes". It's very hit-and-miss.
The "Postal" event's are located in the "Swim Fit" portion of the website. Last year I swam the length of the Thames River.
forums.usms.org/entry.php
That's a fun one to do; gives you the chance to pretend to be an open water swimmer (if, like me, you dread the idea of actually swimming in open water). However, SwimFit isn't part of Masters Swimming. It's more of a "get adults into the pool for some exercise". Masters itself is almost entirely competitive. Which, in itself, is not that big of a problem. Except that SwimFit can be anything from an actual coached workout to a handful of laminated cards with "workouts" that include things like "swim for 10 minutes". It's very hit-and-miss.
