Let me first say that I had a blast in Atlanta and enjoyed every minute of it (even the last minute of the 1000), so this list is somewhat tongue in cheek:
10. No Starbucks within walking distance of the Hampton Inn.
9. The taste of an Italian soda called "Beverly" at the Coca Cola Museum; it reminded me of viscous lidocaine--what is with that?
8. The stairway access to the pool deck from the stands.
7. Missing out on a medal in the 200 free relay because eight of the teams finishing ahead of us were from "regional" clubs representing entire states.
6. Two swimmers from TXLA trying to recruit my 87 year old father to join their team instead of swimming for Nitro.
5. No Starbucks within walkiing distance of the pool.
4. Turning at the bulkhead, although I nailed all of mine.
3. That one starter who shall remain nameless.
2. Not getting to meet Rich Abrahams, among others.
1. It ended.
I still say...let Splash pools come down and set up an outside pool like they did at LCM Nats in 2003 at Rutgers...seemed to work just fine there...
Sure, it worked just fine for the athletes. Not so much for the host who had to pay a fortune for it and hardly made any money on the meet as a result.
For those of you around long enough to remember Chapel Hill in 1992, the same thing happened there. They didn't make a dime on the meet because of the temporary warm up pool in the parking lot.
Unless a host has a legitimate buyer lined up to buy the pool after the meet or the host can secure a low cost rental temporary pool, they apparently are cost prohibitive for masters (our pockets aren't as deep as USA-S who can rely on a few hundred thousand swimmers paying triple annual dues that we pay).
I still say...let Splash pools come down and set up an outside pool like they did at LCM Nats in 2003 at Rutgers...seemed to work just fine there...
Sure, it worked just fine for the athletes. Not so much for the host who had to pay a fortune for it and hardly made any money on the meet as a result.
For those of you around long enough to remember Chapel Hill in 1992, the same thing happened there. They didn't make a dime on the meet because of the temporary warm up pool in the parking lot.
Unless a host has a legitimate buyer lined up to buy the pool after the meet or the host can secure a low cost rental temporary pool, they apparently are cost prohibitive for masters (our pockets aren't as deep as USA-S who can rely on a few hundred thousand swimmers paying triple annual dues that we pay).
