https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/2892/my-first-postal-swimSonic here with some VERY exciting news! Tomorrow, January 22nd, 2005, I will be going out of town for my first Postal Swim! I&#39;m so excited about this! It&#39;s probably more exciting than my first Freestyle Clinic too! From what I hear, it&#39;s sort of likeen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/22701?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:29:43 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:61a6c2f3-8ba0-4262-9489-63b34da858f8Former MemberOriginally posted by swimmer_steph Congratulations! Don&#39;t you wish you could bottle that feeling and use some whenever you needed a boost! Good for you! Tell me about it, I wish I could! That would come in handy every time I had a bad day at work.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/22675?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:26:04 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:50a17af9-4302-4c04-98d7-2426f5340a8cFormer MemberYep, that&#39;s what a Postal Swim is, basically.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/22662?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:29:13 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:6f76f3c3-676d-4e0b-bba6-63f7a859478dfatboyI think the idea is that you do the swim at your own pool and then mail your results (this is the postal part) to the meet sponsor. Then the results are published and you can see how you compare to other swimmers. I believe you need to have a witness to verify your times. Check the USMS fitness site for more details. <a href="http://www.usms.org/fitness/fitnessevents.shtml">www.usms.org/.../fitnessevents.shtml</a><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/22626?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 23 Jan 2005 13:49:12 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:47fbc140-b922-4d03-b515-037f7b715df7Former MemberWhy is it called a postal swim? I am seeing visions of mailpersons struggling across the San Francisco bay, because the mail never stops! Not rain, nor snow, nor large swimming expanses shall keep the postalpeople from their appointed rounds!<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/22536?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 23 Jan 2005 06:58:52 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:0aa3894c-15ba-4a1a-adfc-28a148d6d8b0Former MemberWell, my first Postal Swim was a BLAST! I swam 1862 Yds total! and that was because I did it entirely with the Breaststroke!! I feel so rejuvinated!!<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/22596?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 23 Jan 2005 06:48:29 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:f6e5bd7e-74e5-4cd4-85e2-0988e5ad1901Former MemberCongratulations! Don&#39;t you wish you could bottle that feeling and use some whenever you needed a boost! Good for you!<div style="clear:both;"></div>