I just saw the 2007 Check-off challenge on the home page. What a GREAT shirt! I've considered doing this every year and always chickened out. I'm NOT a distance swimmer and the thought of a 1650 scares me to death! I would like to challenge myself to try some new events this year. (maybe leave off the 200 Fly-bad shoulders!) I always swim the sprints and the 200 IM and free. I'd like to challenge my fellow Masters to join this challenge with me.....anybody?
Couldn't agree more, Fort!
My sisters! Someday, the revolution will come, and we will be victorious. First against the wall: the 1650 and 200 ***. Then true joy will come to all humanity.
I got my wife back into swimming last year because she wanted the T-Shirt. It's a personal challenge,if you want the T-shirt and don't want to swim the 200 Fly you don't have to(but the unchecked blank check-off square will haunt you the rest of you life:thhbbb: )
Carrie, my team in Oregon does that type of meet each year (this year March 18th). We call it the Pentathlon. It is a very popular meet. The only difference is we don't offer any events outside of the 4 stroke and IM ones.
I had to learn to do a backstroke start just to compete. It was good for a laugh, I'm sure.
Alison
I went to a meet once where you could enter like normal (whatever events you wanted) or you could enter the sprint IM challenge (50s stroke and 100IM), mid-distance IM challenge (100s stroke and 200 IM), or the ironman IM challenge (200s stroke and 400 IM... Good Lord!). I did the sprint IM... it was a blast. The winner was determined by the total time added up for all swims. This would make an AWESOME postal event, IMHO.
There is a meet just like this going on in Maine this weekend. They're calling it the Toughen up Challenge. However, even though they are giving the option to swim 100s and the 200 I.M., they are only including the 50s/100 I.M. and 200s/400 I.M. in the challenge.
FYI to Heather... this sprint IM thingie was the last time I swam a 50 back. It was 99, not 98. It was also the last time I did a backstroke start. We'll see how this weekend goes. heeheeheeheee
I'll be sure to point and laugh ... I'm guessing your start and my start are about the same. I am so not a backstroker, with all apologies to my big sisters.
I can SDK and that's it. If there were no 15 yard/meter rule I'd have a great backstroke ...
I have signed up but haven't gotten my t-shirt yet. I love the shirt this year. It's helping me challenge myself, too. I have signed up to do teh 400 IM in the next meet. Wish me luck! Ack.
Alison
A sprint version could be a sprint quadrathlon, which is all four 50s. Or, you could also do 50s, 100s and the 100 IM. But I thought you were tired of sprints?
Forget the 100's. I'd sign up if it was the 4 50's and 100 IM.
