Let me answer your questions this way. If I had an interest in other forms of exercise to supplement my swimming, I'd buy a book or magazine on that topic. I don't need my swimming magazine, published 6 X a year to have it's feature story on water aerobics.
And, since you asked about my 100 free time I'd much rather have the featured cover story in a swimming magazine dedicated to a total strategy for the 100 with input from some of our better swimmers (Smith, etc) and coaches (Kerry O'Brien, apologies for spelling).
I totally disagree that we should stoop to a group that will never swim for fitness or in meets to increase membership. That's not what I want USMS to be. We gonna have noodling classes at Nationals? Might be ok if beer were involved. You can't be all things to all people and I think concentrating on the fitness and competitive bunch is perfectly fine.
I'm starting to understand Smith's poll better and better now.
Let me answer your questions this way. If I had an interest in other forms of exercise to supplement my swimming, I'd buy a book or magazine on that topic. I don't need my swimming magazine, published 6 X a year to have it's feature story on water aerobics.
And, since you asked about my 100 free time I'd much rather have the featured cover story in a swimming magazine dedicated to a total strategy for the 100 with input from some of our better swimmers (Smith, etc) and coaches (Kerry O'Brien, apologies for spelling).
I totally disagree that we should stoop to a group that will never swim for fitness or in meets to increase membership. That's not what I want USMS to be. We gonna have noodling classes at Nationals? Might be ok if beer were involved. You can't be all things to all people and I think concentrating on the fitness and competitive bunch is perfectly fine.
I'm starting to understand Smith's poll better and better now.
