In the thread on retirement communities with masters clubs, @pwb mentioned Saddlebrooke. While looking at their site, something wacky occurred to me. I thought I would throw it out there before reason got the better of me.
Maybe USMS should give an annual award to the club with the greatest average age of the swimmers who competed during the year. I think you could easily compute the average age by (for each club/workout group/LMSC, whatever) summing the swimmers' ages for each splash, then dividing by the total number of splashes by that club. If you wanted to get all fancy about it, you could probably factor in the distance of the swims as well, so that (for example) a 1650 swum by an 89yo would count more than a 200 by a 45yo. You could also include Postal Swims in consideration of the award, not just regular swim meets.
In the thread on retirement communities with masters clubs, @pwb mentioned Saddlebrooke. While looking at their site, something wacky occurred to me. I thought I would throw it out there before reason got the better of me.
Maybe USMS should give an annual award to the club with the greatest average age of the swimmers who competed during the year. I think you could easily compute the average age by (for each club/workout group/LMSC, whatever) summing the swimmers' ages for each splash, then dividing by the total number of splashes by that club. If you wanted to get all fancy about it, you could probably factor in the distance of the swims as well, so that (for example) a 1650 swum by an 89yo would count more than a 200 by a 45yo. You could also include Postal Swims in consideration of the award, not just regular swim meets.
Only a distance swimmer would want to give extra credit for distance races.
Maybe USMS should give an annual award to the club with the greatest average age of the swimmers who competed during the year. I think you could easily compute...
I guess with all that spare time everybody has...:)...and I'm not sure we should encourage 89 year-olds to do the mile or the 10K postal unless you like running codes or don't mind leaving the pool at midnight.
I guess with all that spare time everybody has...:)...and I'm not sure we should encourage 89 year-olds to do the mile or the 10K postal unless you like running codes or don't mind leaving the pool at midnight.
That is one of the most selfish posts I have ever read. Advanced age is no reason to discourage competition at any distance.
People also seemed to be grateful that my expertise as an ER physician was on hand. I am grateful and counting on you, Kurt, to do two things for me as we age (not so gracefully) and (most likely) continue to compete side-by-side no matter what part of the country we race in:
1) Use those fabulous ER skills on me ... should I ever need them ...
2) ... and then, once you've resuscitated me, slap me silly and tell me it's time to stop racing whatever event it was that caused me to need those fab skills.
