“Michael’s vision is to increase swimming in the US"
Former Member
Ok - Phelps is at the top of his career and his popularity - How could he (or anybody else working with him) help to improve swimming in the United States ?
What do we need - grassroot swimcamps ? A Michael Phelps US swimming tour ? Phelps racing various people around the country ?
Can we get 5000 people into a pool + TV coverage for a Lochte + Peirsol vs Phelps showdown ? I am certain Track and Field will have some big money races in Europe following the Olympis. How much would somebody pay to have Phelps race Cavic in 3 weeks ?
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Former Member
So I started swimming laps this year a couple months before the olympics.. I didn't know who Phelps was.. I wanted to run but keep injuring my foot (Plantar Fasciitis) so I started swimming on non-weight days. I have always loved the water... Hit the net hard trying to improve my strokes and just sort of played in the lap pool.
After seeing swimming in the olympics this year, I am reinvigorated. Hit my first masters class (the gym I belong to has an unoffcial "masters" swim group two days a week) just yesterday and I will probably be joining the local masters group for meets. So I think that is in part inspired by the olympics.
Lots of talk about Phelps at work and at the gym in the hot tub after swimming from some of the folks just lounging around.. So interest is up.
:woot:
That's a good thing.
So I started swimming laps this year a couple months before the olympics.. I didn't know who Phelps was.. I wanted to run but keep injuring my foot (Plantar Fasciitis) so I started swimming on non-weight days. I have always loved the water... Hit the net hard trying to improve my strokes and just sort of played in the lap pool.
After seeing swimming in the olympics this year, I am reinvigorated. Hit my first masters class (the gym I belong to has an unoffcial "masters" swim group two days a week) just yesterday and I will probably be joining the local masters group for meets. So I think that is in part inspired by the olympics.
Lots of talk about Phelps at work and at the gym in the hot tub after swimming from some of the folks just lounging around.. So interest is up.
:woot:
That's a good thing.
