Go The Distance

RE: Go The Distance

swimshark — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:48:17 GMT

Mary, I got my stuff in the mail yesterday. It looks great!! Thanks. Oh, Matthew (my almost 2 year old) had me take the cap out of the bag so he could carry it around the house. A future swimmer :) Thanks for the compliment Nancy. I'm glad you like the logo. Alison

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:01:32 GMT

Alison -- get the shirt. It is a simple design -- just like the logo on the site here, on a light grey shirt. Simple and nice, and it makes us a team:drink: Our pal Alison knows the "Go the Distance" logo intimately .... she is the one who designed this very cool event logo for us to use! I hope she realizes how much we appreciate her efforts ... and we will wear the logo proudly! Alison ... when you get your "50 Miles" cap, patch and certificate (it was mailed last week!) ... check out the border on the certificate - hope you like it. Mary Thanks Alison for your artistic creativity! :wiggle:

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Former Member — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:01:42 GMT

Carrie, come join the group. We've been having a great time this year tracking our yardage (and for some mileage --wish it were me!) Have you looked at the graphs/sheets for this program, there great. We met a few weeks ago in Bloomington/Normal. I was a few second behind you and two lanes to your left in the 50 ***. Was wanting to be right next to at the wall -- it was a fun meet and we really enjoyed Nadine & Chris in the clinic, learned a lot too. Your baby's adorable, will we see her at state?

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swimshark — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:28:22 GMT

Alison -- get the shirt. It is a simple design -- just like the logo on the site here, on a light grey shirt. Simple and nice, and it makes us a team:drink: Our pal Alison knows the "Go the Distance" logo intimately .... she is the one who designed this very cool event logo for us to use! I hope she realizes how much we appreciate her efforts ... and we will wear the logo proudly! Alison ... when you get your "50 Miles" cap, patch and certificate (it was mailed last week!) ... check out the border on the certificate - hope you like it. Mary Mary, you know any time you need anything I'm there for you my Oregon sister! I'm looking forward to the postman coming today. Maybe I'll get a nice little package from Oregon :) Nancy, I'm glad you like the logo. Alison

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marysweat — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:32:04 GMT

Mary, you know any time you need anything I'm there for you my Oregon sister! I'm looking forward to the postman coming today. Maybe I'll get a nice little package from Oregon :) Nancy, I'm glad you like the logo. Alison We sure are going to miss you at the Oregon Association meet next month ... I'll wear my "Go the Distance" shirt so we can feel like you're there with us! Mary

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aquaFeisty — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:31:28 GMT

Thanks, Mary!! Wow, what a speedy response! I'll shoot over some info to you in a PM. :D

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aquaFeisty — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:29:56 GMT

Hi Kimberlie, I am definitely planning on joining the group! It's such a great idea. Just trying to figure out the logistics of it! :) Glad you enjoyed the clinic... Chris loves to do stuff like that. We had a blast at Bloomington. You'll have to introduce yourself to me again at the next meet! :) We'll be (all 3 of us) at St. Charles North and at Fenwick in addition to State. Yep, Meggie will be at State, but only on Sunday. My sister and brother-in-law are watching her on Saturday. A whole day with no baby at a swim meet? Not hearing crying and "Mommmmaaaa" as I stand on the blocks? The ability to warm up and swim down whenever I want???? Oh my! WOOHOO!!!

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marysweat — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:27:06 GMT

Mary, this is such a cool program! I have a question... I haven't joined yet, but would like to. Should I just wait until the end of March and submit my yardage? Do the yards I did in January and February not count, since I wasn't signed up for Go the Distance at that time? Or do I submit the Jan and Feb yards in some other way? (Ok, that was 3 questions.) Thanks for any help and again, very cool program! Carrie Hi Carrie - Please join the fun and festivities as soon as you can! You can send me your mileage for January and February whenever you get a chance and it will count! Please let me know your age as of 12/31/07 and usms id too. Then at the end of March all you need to do is let me know how far you swam this month - easy eh? I'm glad to hear you are interested ... the more folks we have participating the more encouraged and motivated we all become! I hope to hear from you soon! Mary

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aquaFeisty — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:48:48 GMT

Congratulations to all of the "Go the Distance" participants - there are now nearly 300 of you ! I'm jazzed to see the participation increasing - almost on a daily basis - and I'm very glad to hear from so many of you that you are having fun! Mary, this is such a cool program! I have a question... I haven't joined yet, but would like to. Should I just wait until the end of March and submit my yardage? Do the yards I did in January and February not count, since I wasn't signed up for Go the Distance at that time? Or do I submit the Jan and Feb yards in some other way? (Ok, that was 3 questions.) Thanks for any help and again, very cool program! Carrie

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Former Member — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:11:28 GMT

This event is a great way to motivate yourself to get to the pool on the blargh days.

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Former Member — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:39:07 GMT

MARYSWEET. THANK you for your mention of me in your E- mail. And yes I am as of this date I am over 100 miles . Thank you a gain for this ,wonderful event. DOM IN AZ.:groovy: :woot: :drink:

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Former Member — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:21:09 GMT

Good job, Nancy!! I am sick with a stomach bug so I missed my usual workout and I was not happy. I kept thinking "but no more miles" for today :( :( I'm looking forward to getting my cap and patch. Nancy, how does the short look? Maybe I'll have to get one of those one day, too. Alison Alison -- get the shirt. It is a simple design -- just like the logo on the site here, on a light grey shirt. Simple and nice, and it makes us a team:drink: Sorry you have been ill. I know that feeling of not getting your day's worth of distance in. I so look forward to coming home in the evening and adding to my graph!! OK Ok --a little OCD here I know..

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marysweat — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:05:59 GMT

Congratulations to you Dom!!!! I hope you will celebrate and enjoy your accomplishment! Enjoy the good feeling as long as you can .... Mary

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marysweat — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:32:52 GMT

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marysweat — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:58:20 GMT

Congratulations to all of the "Go the Distance" participants - there are now nearly 300 of you ! I'm jazzed to see the participation increasing - almost on a daily basis - and I'm very glad to hear from so many of you that you are having fun! There were a few late entries that didn't make it into the February results. If yours was one of them - please rest assured that your mileage will count and you will see it posted in the March Results! There were two participants that entered (well before the deadline) but there was a slight mix-up of email addresses so I didn't get them until it was too late to put in the February results ... so I would like to mention them here. Dom (from AZ) swam a whopping 45.09 miles in February giving him a year to date total of 94.78 miles. I can't help but think that by now he's passed the "100 Miles" milestones - so congratulations to you Dom! Wooo hooo! And August Zupka is now up to 31.64 miles ...March may be the month for him to reach the "50 Miles" distance milestone - go for it August! By the way, the awards for the distance milestones achieved are color coded. So if you see a light blue swim cap or patch it is for those who have swum “50 miles”. The same awards are orange for “100 miles” and kelly green for “250 miles”. So now you can tell who at your pool has gone the distance! I’ll reveal the higher milestone colors as soon as someone achieves them … stay tuned .... it shouldn’t take long! Happy Swimming in March to everyone who is "going the distance"! Mary

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swimshark — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:18:42 GMT

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Former Member — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:21:55 GMT

:banana: Great job everyone!!:banana: My tee shirt arrived today :woot: :woot: I shall wear it with pride. And with a consistent month of March I think I will reach my first milestone -- wel, 50 milestone that is -- and my first reward for myself. Thanks again Mary -- I'm loving this..

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Former Member — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:48:12 GMT

Are the cumulative miles/distance for Jan & Feb up yet? I continue my consistent 3 swims a week, and even throw in a Saturday once in a while ;)

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swimshark — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:34:13 GMT

I'm enjoyng getting everything I can out of my swims. I tapered yesterday for a meet and did 3200. Today I raced 1000 yds so I made sure I did 2200 during warm up and cool down to give me a full 3 miles for the weekend. Alison

RE: Go The Distance

Former Member — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:17:48 GMT

i am having fun with it... i too enjoy the spreadsheet... but... dang! the sheet is protected and there are some mods i would like to make to the sheet .... (i work with spreadsheets for a living, tweaking them is a habit:) ) the event will help me stick to my swimming goals for the year.

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Former Member — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:18:14 GMT

i wouldn't say that this event has changed my behavior, but i do like the excel spread sheet and graphs. i might be doing longer warm ups/downs to try and round off the days effort.

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Former Member — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:34:02 GMT

:banana: :banana: I'm doing great and loving it:woot: Because of this event, I have become totally consistent with swimming 3 times a week, and making those swims a touch longer each week!! I know this has helped me become stronger and a very tiny bit faster!! I have been paying attention to form and working on steady and strong strokes. I have a lot more to work on, but getting to the pool 3 times a week gives me the venue and the time to do it. :groovy: