Why not create and organize some new teams by college names under separate USMS affiliations to help create additional interest in Masters Swimming an potentially recruite former swimming alumni for relays?
I know several 40+ Texas alumns that could crush old SMU (pigmy horses) in a 200 medley.
John Smith
Former Member
In the words of Keanu Reeves: Whoa.
Must we bring out the Bill and Ted's quote? (BTW this was the best movie Keanu ever did)
David,
The idea is to get a relay together of any shape or age. The "college relay" is just an example of getting people to come out of the wood work to drink beer together and get in shape.
John Smith
I needed a good laugh this morning! :wave:
No, not mutually exclusive (unless one drinks often and in excess). I always have some Guiness or Anchor Steam in the fridge. It just sounds comical to talk about getting in shape and drinking beer in the same sentence.
David,
The idea is to get a relay together of any shape or age. The "college relay" is just an example of getting people to come out of the wood work to drink beer together and get in shape.
John Smith
I participated a few times in an insane outrigger canoe race on Molokai called the Master Blaster. You gotta be over 40 and stupid to be eligible. Each guy on the six man crew chugs a 12oz beer, when all are done each crew rigs their canoe; this means tying on the iakos (outriggers) and the ama (the floaty thing that helps keep the canoe from huliing (flipping) Normally rigging for a race is a very precise routine and takes considerable time by very experienced people in order to get it just right. Not so at the Master Blaster, because once rigged, the boat is hurriedly launched for a six mile race up the coast interrupted every mile or so by going ashore to drink another beer. It's very competitive and huge quantities of aluminum cans (full of beer) are wagered on the outcome. The finish is at Kanakakai Harbor where a big luau, accompanied by, you guessed it, more beer drinking. The party is over when no one is left standing.
Beer the new recovery drink...Its just not for breakfast anymore.:drink:
I did a 2 person 6 pack relay. There were two beers at the start, two beers at 1.5 miles, and 2 beers at the finish. You could apply any strategy you wanted. The way we did it I drank the first two and then ran straight to the finish. My partner ran to the second set and drank them and met me at the finish where we each had one.
The best charity race was the 10 meter dash for beer. I forget the charity, but the beer was free. Coincidence?
