Announcing the new 2007 USMS Fitness Event: Go the Distance!
A new fitness event is being offered by the USMS Fitness Committee. The name of this new challenge is “Go the Distance”!
The objective of this event is for participants to track the distance they swim during the year 2007. When participants achieve specific distance milestones of 50 miles, 100 miles, 250 miles, 500 miles, 750 miles and 1000 miles – they will be recognized on the USMS website and awards will be available for purchase (for a minimal fee).
There is no cost to enter this event. Participants are requested to email (or use snail mail) to submit the total distance they swim each month. A list of miles per month and cumulative mileage will be tabulated for each swimmer. Once a distance milestone is achieved awards will be available for purchase. They will include swim caps, certificates, patches and t-shirts with the event logo and the distance of the milestone achieved. Details on these awards and how to purchase them will be available soon.
Each month the results will be updated on the USMS website in the Fitness Section. There will be lists to recognize all those that have achieved each distance milestone. Participants will also be able to look up their current total as well as view their progress toward the next distance milestone. In addition there will be graphs illustrating the participation for each zone, lmsc, age groups etc..
This event was designed to encourage folks to track the distance they swim in order to review their progress and to be recognized for their achievements. There is no time limit for the distance milestones (except that it must be in 2007) so speed does not count – just the effort to attain the next goal. We wish to recognize participation and achievement of goals with this event.
There will be an entry form, monthly results, award request form and a “distance tracking log” available on the USMS website (fitness section) soon. The log can be used to track one’s daily distance swum but is not required.
The Canadian Masters have a Million Metre Challenge that is quite successful. This event is similar in design but will be implemented a bit differently in the beginning. And of course, our goals will be in miles instead of meters!
I would very much appreciate it if you could spread the word to folks and consider participating yourselves! If you need any more information or would like to comment and make suggestions please contact Mary Sweat at gothedistance@swimoregon.org
Wishing you lots of fun swimming in 2007!
Mary Sweat
For the USMS Fitness Committee
Parents
Former Member
:bow: I am so glad to read Rich's and Kimberlie's posts! They have helped relieve my feeling of being too inadequate to even participate in this event. To date I have done 7 miles and am hopeful to MAYBE get to 15 by the end of the month. I am not a member of any team and get to the pool three times a week for my solo swim and am verrry slowwww:snore: :snore:
I am a member of your over 50 group Kimberlie -- way over. At 65 I stay very active, and have all of my life. I have done a few sprint distance triathlons (as in Nanytris) but am NOT a runner:shakeshead: :shakeshead: :shakeshead: :shakeshead: , and cycling is my greatest passion (did a tour in France this Fall). I have developed plantar fasciitis and have not been able to do much running although I continue to try to do some. In addition to swimming, I fit in a couple of days of cycling/spinning, a couple of days of strength training at the gym, a few walk/runs when I can (with distant hopes of perhaps more tris this year), and work full time. And then there's life!:joker:
I played on all varsity teams in all sports, but as with Kimberlie my high school did not have a pool, and I have never swum competitively. I was what one would call a "river rat" and spent every day all summer in the river with cousins and friends, so have a love affair with water activities. If a master's team is ever available close by, I will try to join them for work outs. In the mean time I will simply count those yards and meters to rack up what becomes miles (minimal as that might be). I am happy to do a variety of activities and think it good for my body if I mix up how and when I use its parts. I know that I continue to be much more active than any of my highschool classmates and teammates, and take pride in my lifetime fitness choices.
Now I know :D this is much more than anyone really wants to know about me, and I have gotten a bit off topic, but my fingers just kept talking to this keyboard and I couldn't stop them.
Anyway -- thanks for being here -- I will try to keep these fingers under better control in future posts:dunno: , and Mary, thanks for this fantastic event.
Nancy
:bow: I am so glad to read Rich's and Kimberlie's posts! They have helped relieve my feeling of being too inadequate to even participate in this event. To date I have done 7 miles and am hopeful to MAYBE get to 15 by the end of the month. I am not a member of any team and get to the pool three times a week for my solo swim and am verrry slowwww:snore: :snore:
I am a member of your over 50 group Kimberlie -- way over. At 65 I stay very active, and have all of my life. I have done a few sprint distance triathlons (as in Nanytris) but am NOT a runner:shakeshead: :shakeshead: :shakeshead: :shakeshead: , and cycling is my greatest passion (did a tour in France this Fall). I have developed plantar fasciitis and have not been able to do much running although I continue to try to do some. In addition to swimming, I fit in a couple of days of cycling/spinning, a couple of days of strength training at the gym, a few walk/runs when I can (with distant hopes of perhaps more tris this year), and work full time. And then there's life!:joker:
I played on all varsity teams in all sports, but as with Kimberlie my high school did not have a pool, and I have never swum competitively. I was what one would call a "river rat" and spent every day all summer in the river with cousins and friends, so have a love affair with water activities. If a master's team is ever available close by, I will try to join them for work outs. In the mean time I will simply count those yards and meters to rack up what becomes miles (minimal as that might be). I am happy to do a variety of activities and think it good for my body if I mix up how and when I use its parts. I know that I continue to be much more active than any of my highschool classmates and teammates, and take pride in my lifetime fitness choices.
Now I know :D this is much more than anyone really wants to know about me, and I have gotten a bit off topic, but my fingers just kept talking to this keyboard and I couldn't stop them.
Anyway -- thanks for being here -- I will try to keep these fingers under better control in future posts:dunno: , and Mary, thanks for this fantastic event.
Nancy
