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.
First I need to write Fort's future ....
Fort tries to mend the broken/burned/nuked bridge between her and Geek again and is unsuccessful, using her anger she goes to the pool and is able to swim completely pain free for thousands of yards. She is able to swim fly endlessly with perfect form and great speed. Her backstroke is fantastic, too. She wins a huge case and takes the money and meets her favorite baby sister at Allan's breaststroke camp in Hawaii where they both learn to breaststroke at a respectable speed - just fast enough to beat Rich.
Fort returns home to find the rude hormonal one no longer rude or hormonal. Her baby has given up her love of soccer and taken on swimming, her prefrence being fly of course. Her kids become completly self-suficient allowing her to sleep in rather than drive them to early am practice and they tell her to swim her own meets rather then hang out at theirs ...
Now, pizza in the oven ...
I'll meet anyone at the Race Club camp any time, ($$$ permitting) I love sprinter camp!!
First I need to write Fort's future ....
Fort tries to mend the broken/burned/nuked bridge between her and Geek again and is unsuccessful, using her anger she goes to the pool and is able to swim completely pain free for thousands of yards. She is able to swim fly endlessly with perfect form and great speed. Her backstroke is fantastic, too. She wins a huge case and takes the money and meets her favorite baby sister at Allan's breaststroke camp in Hawaii where they both learn to breaststroke at a respectable speed - just fast enough to beat Rich.
Fort returns home to find the rude hormonal one no longer rude or hormonal. Her baby has given up her love of soccer and taken on swimming, her prefrence being fly of course. Her kids become completly self-suficient allowing her to sleep in rather than drive them to early am practice and they tell her to swim her own meets rather then hang out at theirs ...
Now, pizza in the oven ...
I'll meet anyone at the Race Club camp any time, ($$$ permitting) I love sprinter camp!!
