I like the article in swim Magazine about Rita Egan and Sylvia powell. These women are not your typical slim young swimmers that are elite swimmers but like the rest of us ordinary. Actually, given my previous background in swimming I'm also won of these average jills. As a youth I swam the 100 meter *** at 1:30 and as a 46 at 1:43.31. So, many of us do it for enjoyment and some exercise knowing that we will never be at the top of the pack. I think we should have more of these stories?. And Ion believe me you are not that bad. You did a 2:31 200 meter freestyle. I recently swam a 3:15. So don't feel bad and their is alot more competition in the men than in the women in 45 to 49. Not saying that their are not good swimmers in the women.
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Regarding Ion's last post, I asked myself once again:
Is there something worthy of note in his post?
Because usually there isn't much.
And this time true to Ion's tradition, after going over it twice, there is nothing again.
Harsh words, probably so - but no harsher than those posted against Bill V. The fact is Swim does a pretty good job of covering all aspects of swimming, elite level on down. There are other publications that discuss the more scientific / technical aspects of swimming, if that's what you want then read those magazines.If you don't like it, don't read it or try offering some suggestions to make it better instead of just berating. Going by the earlier posts most people seem to enjoy the more personable side of the magazine (I think this was talked about in an earlier topic about TV coverage how the up close and personables were shown versus the actual swim event). If you keep your mind open you probably should be able to extract at least one thing from the magazine that you can apply to your own life.
Frankly I can't speak about your integrity because to be honest I don't think you have promised anything (at least not that I am aware of).
Anyways just my 2 cents worth. Thanks to Bill and the SWIM magazine contributers for the hard work you put in.
Jeff
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Former Member
Regarding Ion's last post, I asked myself once again:
Is there something worthy of note in his post?
Because usually there isn't much.
And this time true to Ion's tradition, after going over it twice, there is nothing again.
Harsh words, probably so - but no harsher than those posted against Bill V. The fact is Swim does a pretty good job of covering all aspects of swimming, elite level on down. There are other publications that discuss the more scientific / technical aspects of swimming, if that's what you want then read those magazines.If you don't like it, don't read it or try offering some suggestions to make it better instead of just berating. Going by the earlier posts most people seem to enjoy the more personable side of the magazine (I think this was talked about in an earlier topic about TV coverage how the up close and personables were shown versus the actual swim event). If you keep your mind open you probably should be able to extract at least one thing from the magazine that you can apply to your own life.
Frankly I can't speak about your integrity because to be honest I don't think you have promised anything (at least not that I am aware of).
Anyways just my 2 cents worth. Thanks to Bill and the SWIM magazine contributers for the hard work you put in.
Jeff
