A quick question for the knowledgeable readers out there. This NYT magazine called Play recently contacted me about writing a piece for a section they call "Master Class" -- they want me to go someplace warm and get some swimming instruction of some sort.
I know that USMS used to have some kind of program where masters swimmers could apply to go out to Colorado Springs for intensive coaching, stroke analysis in the ICAR flume, etc. Is this still going on, do any of you know, and would it be possible to just do a "lite" version of this (a day or two; bypass the application process; not actually need to be an elite swimmer; etc.)
The other possibilities would be one of Terry's TI camps (though, God help me, front quadrant swimming really hurts my shoulders, and I feel this dog is just too old to learn that particular new trick).
Or--and this might be my favorite of all--didn't Gary Hall, Jr. start some sort of Sprint Club training camp down in Key West or the Bahamas or some similar place that would prove the perfect antidote to Pittsburgh this time of the year, especially if I don't have to pay for it?
Please let me know the details of any such possibiities--the editor did specify he'd prefer me to go someplace "warm and outdoors-y." Which makes two of us.
Note: a gentle nudging back to the main topic here!
Please, what we are attempting to do in this thread is pretty simple, not settle grudges, not venting spleens, but simply making the life of me, Jim Thornton, as incredibly fun as possible.
I won't be selfish with my future swim camp ecstacies! I shall document these in great detail so you, too, can vicariously enjoy them.
But first things first, please! We must make MY life totally wonderful before I can write about MY wonderful life in such a way as to put a smile on the faces of readers everywhere!
Along these lines, I am asking for a refined swim camp search: ideally, my swim camp experienced now will not only involve tropical or subtropical paradise, with the expert coaching of Olympians whose only goal is to help me swim better than them, but also, I want the food to be good: lobster with drawn butter, for instance, as a revitalizing snack between sets, then a really good meal afterwards.
Note: a gentle nudging back to the main topic here!
Please, what we are attempting to do in this thread is pretty simple, not settle grudges, not venting spleens, but simply making the life of me, Jim Thornton, as incredibly fun as possible.
I won't be selfish with my future swim camp ecstacies! I shall document these in great detail so you, too, can vicariously enjoy them.
But first things first, please! We must make MY life totally wonderful before I can write about MY wonderful life in such a way as to put a smile on the faces of readers everywhere!
Along these lines, I am asking for a refined swim camp search: ideally, my swim camp experienced now will not only involve tropical or subtropical paradise, with the expert coaching of Olympians whose only goal is to help me swim better than them, but also, I want the food to be good: lobster with drawn butter, for instance, as a revitalizing snack between sets, then a really good meal afterwards.
