What does your forum name mean?

One of my college coaches started calling me "Gull" and the name stuck. I graduated in '80.

I joined Weight Watchers this year, and when I joined USMS I was just starting to swim again. I chose the name because it was my goal to be a fit swimmer by the end of 2004. So far, I've lost 16 pounds, two pants sizes and I'm swimming a 2000 meter interval workout at least 3 days a week. I also do a 2 mile jog and weight training program at least 2 days a week. Everytime I see that name it's a reminder to stick with my program and how far I've come.

sterlij was assigned to me as a school system e-mail address, and I just kept it. They simply took the first six letters of your last name and the first letter of your first name. sterlij isn't so bad. A guy's name was David Ratner - his assigned e-mail address was ratnerd. He pronounced it ratner d, but it sure looked like rat nerd to me. His was the few e-mail addresses I remembered from the start.

2go+h20 means To Motivate Add Water. I learnt to swim at age 33 at MAsters. Fronted up and thought these guys were so serious, as they wore Speedos. I thought they were only for Olympic Athletes. I could do a form of front crawl, and sidestroke which I soon learnt wasn't a stroke masters did in a workout. The workout language was like learning a foreign language, and the maths invloved in the sets and pace clock stuff was mind boggling! I always wanted to be a 'swimmer' as a child, and now have reached so many goals through swimming. Not just water goals, but have the confidence and focus to set all sorts of goals and achieve them. I now teach/ coach (all ages, stages and abilities, including Special Olympics and Swimmers With A Disability) and enjoy motivating others to achieve fitness as a lifestyle in the sport, to set goals and reach them. So To Motivate Add Water is my motto. Kiwi

Originally posted by 2go+h20 2go+h20 means To Motivate Add Water. I could do a form of front crawl, and sidestroke which I soon learnt wasn't a stroke masters did in a workout. Nothing wrong with side stroke. It was the only stroke my father swam. He competed as a professional 6 day bicycle rider in the 20s. George

Mine is a part of my email but it comes from my husband and I. My husband was a Navy pilot and his call sign was Shark 11 so that's where the shark part comes from and the swim, well, kind of obvious since I swim.:D

Originally posted by newmastersswimmer .OTEW is an acronym for "Olorin The Extremely Wise"... newmastersswimmer (AKA OTEW in some circles) Okay, please explain who Olorin is for those who don't know (like me)

Jim, Pretty Geeky eh?? YES!!!!! Thanks for the Olorin explanation. But you forgot to mention how the Silmarils fit into all of this. As for my forum name…Well, when I signed up, it just never occurred to me to use anything other than my name.

Originally posted by newmastersswimmer Okay, please explain who Olorin is for those who don't know (like me) O.k. I will expose myself for the geek that I truelly am and tell you.. Thank you for the Lord of the Rings lesson. I think I am one of the few in the US that hasn't either read the books nor seen any of the movies.

My name is my goal! I hope I swim until the day I die!....and if I keep swimming, hopefully that day will be YEARS from now! Masters swimming is so inspirational. I want to set records in the 95-99 age group one day!;)