The World Championships will be a long meet spread over many days. I have a couple of free days between my races, as I am sure many others do too. Obviously we need to get in the water to practice/warm-up on these days. While at the USMS Nationals in Coral Springs I heard we will not be able to use the facilities at Avery Aquatic Center if we are not racing on that particular day. If that is true, where will we be able to swim (preferably in a LC pool) on our non-race days?
This started in Riccione. Your credential had your events printed on it and you couldn't get into the locker rooms without its being checked by a guard. You could only get to the pool from the locker room. The problem there was that there were no other pools in which we could train. In this case, there are. We can swim LC across the street, at Palo Alto HS, and also at another LC pool in the area. Close by is Rinconada Pool, a 25 yard facility. As someone else mentioned, there is a lot of lap time at Santa Clara and they swim LC much of the year.
I don't like this idea either, but it's tolerable if you have an option to train at another pool. Since there are well over 5,000 swimmers, on days you compete you might approciate a little more room. Also, on days you compete later in the day, it might be nice to warmup LC, off-site, rather than getting to the pool very early and swimming a lot later.
I've been to quite a few World Championships and our idea of warmup is clearly unique. Forget turns; many swimmers will be standing or hanging across the ends of the pool.
It's going to be a great event but we all have to give a little in our expectations. Many of us on the Local Organizing Committee have been to these events and we hope our experience will avoid some of the really bad pitfalls of other World Championships. This one is not popular with me either, but I understand the reasoning behind it and advocated for available training for those affected and there will be facilities available for those not competing on a particular day. Besides, we all know that when a Masters swimmer wants to swim, he or she will find a way. Been there, done that.
Nancy
This started in Riccione. Your credential had your events printed on it and you couldn't get into the locker rooms without its being checked by a guard. You could only get to the pool from the locker room. The problem there was that there were no other pools in which we could train. In this case, there are. We can swim LC across the street, at Palo Alto HS, and also at another LC pool in the area. Close by is Rinconada Pool, a 25 yard facility. As someone else mentioned, there is a lot of lap time at Santa Clara and they swim LC much of the year.
I don't like this idea either, but it's tolerable if you have an option to train at another pool. Since there are well over 5,000 swimmers, on days you compete you might approciate a little more room. Also, on days you compete later in the day, it might be nice to warmup LC, off-site, rather than getting to the pool very early and swimming a lot later.
I've been to quite a few World Championships and our idea of warmup is clearly unique. Forget turns; many swimmers will be standing or hanging across the ends of the pool.
It's going to be a great event but we all have to give a little in our expectations. Many of us on the Local Organizing Committee have been to these events and we hope our experience will avoid some of the really bad pitfalls of other World Championships. This one is not popular with me either, but I understand the reasoning behind it and advocated for available training for those affected and there will be facilities available for those not competing on a particular day. Besides, we all know that when a Masters swimmer wants to swim, he or she will find a way. Been there, done that.
Nancy
