So, now that we are on the countdown to May 09 - who is coming and what do you plan to swim?
This will be my first US Master's National meet, and it happens to be happening in my back yard (at least very close to where I grew up and swam USA club). Over is San Luis Obispo now, but it's a short hop, skip, and jump over the foothills to Clovis!
A quick look at flights for next May shows me that I can get from Boston to Fresno with one stop if I want to spend $566. There are flights for $463 if I want to make two stops. Most of these trips take between 8-10 hours.
OK, I did the same thing for Seattle to San Juan. The cheapest is $463 on Delta. It requires two stops and takes over 11 hours to get there, over 14 to get back. And since it's Delta it will cost even more to checks bags, etc. There is a one stop option on Continental for $488. That cuts the time down to 11 hours each way.
I don't really have a horse in this race. If San Juan has a good bid for the meet I think maybe they should get the meet. I suspect it will have the lowest attendance of any Nationals meet in long time, though. Another consideration is August is hurricane season.
A quick look at flights for next May shows me that I can get from Boston to Fresno with one stop if I want to spend $566. There are flights for $463 if I want to make two stops. Most of these trips take between 8-10 hours.
OK, I did the same thing for Seattle to San Juan. The cheapest is $463 on Delta. It requires two stops and takes over 11 hours to get there, over 14 to get back. And since it's Delta it will cost even more to checks bags, etc. There is a one stop option on Continental for $488. That cuts the time down to 11 hours each way.
I don't really have a horse in this race. If San Juan has a good bid for the meet I think maybe they should get the meet. I suspect it will have the lowest attendance of any Nationals meet in long time, though. Another consideration is August is hurricane season.
