Go The Distance program is stupid and overrated

Hi onlybrit- I think people with opinions like yours should become a member of the USMS National Fitness Committee and come up with useful, motivating ways to benefit our usms swimmers. I happen to be a member of the committee and would be happy to present any of your ideas during our next conference this September in Jacksonville, Florida. The idea is to offer a variety of activities and programs with the hopes that most of our members will find something that benefits their swimming lifestyle. GTD may not be perfect, but you can tell by the log pages that a large number of swimmers use it daily on some level and possibly enjoy the benefits it provides them. I'm sorry GTD isn't working for you. Sincerely, Robin Walker Thank you for sharing about the USMS National Fitness Committee, and for being a member of this committee :applaud: I'm sure it involves quite a bit of behind the scenes work. When I don't have a meet on the horizon, which is most of the time, GTD is sometimes the only thing that pushes me to get up at the butt crack of dawn. :bed: This is also the primary reason that I've participated in GTD over the past few years. Everyone thinks AZ is always warm and sunny, but we have some cold, dark mornings in winter when it is more tempting to just roll over in bed than get up and deal with swimming outside, sometimes on a frosty morning. Like others mentioned, I do swim with a team (MMAC), and we have a few swimmers who participate in GTD. We have an informal contest among ourselves on distance. The Zone/LMSC reports are handy to see where those on our team fall. If someone falls behind, sometimes we'll give them a rubbing... Some of us do swim in meets, and quality certainly does matter. Even if we don't swim in meets, we do have sprint workouts, when a 2500 yard workout may be a stretch. Several swimmers on my team particiapte in a local o/w swim series called SCAR, where they can rack up tons of miles. Participating in GTD also gives me some extra motivation to swim when I travel, for either work or on vacation. Coming back from a 2 week vacation with 3-4 workouts versus none actually does make a big difference.

Hi onlybrit- I think people with opinions like yours should become a member of the USMS National Fitness Committee and come up with useful, motivating ways to benefit our usms swimmers. I happen to be a member of the committee and would be happy to present any of your ideas during our next conference this September in Jacksonville, Florida. The idea is to offer a variety of activities and programs with the hopes that most of our members will find something that benefits their swimming lifestyle. GTD may not be perfect, but you can tell by the log pages that a large number of swimmers use it daily on some level and possibly enjoy the benefits it provides them. I'm sorry GTD isn't working for you. Sincerely, Robin Walker Thank you for sharing about the USMS National Fitness Committee, and for being a member of this committee :applaud: I'm sure it involves quite a bit of behind the scenes work. When I don't have a meet on the horizon, which is most of the time, GTD is sometimes the only thing that pushes me to get up at the butt crack of dawn. :bed: This is also the primary reason that I've participated in GTD over the past few years. Everyone thinks AZ is always warm and sunny, but we have some cold, dark mornings in winter when it is more tempting to just roll over in bed than get up and deal with swimming outside, sometimes on a frosty morning. Like others mentioned, I do swim with a team (MMAC), and we have a few swimmers who participate in GTD. We have an informal contest among ourselves on distance. The Zone/LMSC reports are handy to see where those on our team fall. If someone falls behind, sometimes we'll give them a rubbing... Some of us do swim in meets, and quality certainly does matter. Even if we don't swim in meets, we do have sprint workouts, when a 2500 yard workout may be a stretch. Several swimmers on my team particiapte in a local o/w swim series called SCAR, where they can rack up tons of miles. Participating in GTD also gives me some extra motivation to swim when I travel, for either work or on vacation. Coming back from a 2 week vacation with 3-4 workouts versus none actually does make a big difference.