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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For those who are curious, and Bill, please correct me if I miss something, I would like to add something to what's been said about producing Swim magazine. Kindly bear with me.
I take offense to pot-shots aimed at the content of this publication. It is not an easy job to plan a selection of balanced articles for each month's issue. The magazine tries to focus on articles which are relevant to all members of USMS, whether they are considered an elite swimmer (whatever that should be) or someone new to the organization. Due to the constraints of the size and cost, I believe that the publication endeavors to include "a little something" for everyone, therefore being inclusive of everyone. If Swim attempted to have "lots of everything for everyone," then it would probably end up being the size of a telephone book.
However, there is more to this planning process. One of the tasks given to the USMS Communications Committee is to review Swim to ensure its content meets the mission of USMS. It is not easy to sit down and very, very objectively review a given issue from a point of view of the general membership.
There's an old saying: you can't please everyone all of the time. Given the editorial and budget constaints, I believe Swim does a decent job. Yes, there are articles which are of no interest to me, but then, is there ever a magazine, newspaper, etc., that gives 100% customer satisfaction to the reader? I don't think so. Sigh! :confused:
Kindest regards,
Mark Hurley,
USMS Communications Committee
DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed by this writer are the opinions of this writer and not necessarily the opinions of the members of the Communications Committee.
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Former Member
For those who are curious, and Bill, please correct me if I miss something, I would like to add something to what's been said about producing Swim magazine. Kindly bear with me.
I take offense to pot-shots aimed at the content of this publication. It is not an easy job to plan a selection of balanced articles for each month's issue. The magazine tries to focus on articles which are relevant to all members of USMS, whether they are considered an elite swimmer (whatever that should be) or someone new to the organization. Due to the constraints of the size and cost, I believe that the publication endeavors to include "a little something" for everyone, therefore being inclusive of everyone. If Swim attempted to have "lots of everything for everyone," then it would probably end up being the size of a telephone book.
However, there is more to this planning process. One of the tasks given to the USMS Communications Committee is to review Swim to ensure its content meets the mission of USMS. It is not easy to sit down and very, very objectively review a given issue from a point of view of the general membership.
There's an old saying: you can't please everyone all of the time. Given the editorial and budget constaints, I believe Swim does a decent job. Yes, there are articles which are of no interest to me, but then, is there ever a magazine, newspaper, etc., that gives 100% customer satisfaction to the reader? I don't think so. Sigh! :confused:
Kindest regards,
Mark Hurley,
USMS Communications Committee
DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed by this writer are the opinions of this writer and not necessarily the opinions of the members of the Communications Committee.
