The State of Master Swimming.

I continue to be befuddled by the whiney whiners who gripe about $40 membership. If you don't want to pay it, don't pay it. Runner's World is a magazine that has a subscription cost. It is a standalone entity. I get it and it is a cute magazine, but it has three stories every month (how not to poo on yourself during a marathon, shoe reviews, and race day dressing/clothing strategies). I am a member of USAT. It costs about the same as USMS. Triathlons cost minimum of three your average swim meet, often times much more than that. You get a magazine with that, which is of marginal value. I do enjoy reading their one inch of space monthly devoted to swimming which proclaims 10 X 100 @ 2:30 is the only thing you need to do for triathlon swim training. Good road races don't require any sort of membership but they are also much more expensive than your average swim meet. I'm not talking about the Turkey Trot but real sanctioned races.

I continue to be befuddled by the whiney whiners who gripe about $40 membership. If you don't want to pay it, don't pay it. Runner's World is a magazine that has a subscription cost. It is a standalone entity. I get it and it is a cute magazine, but it has three stories every month (how not to poo on yourself during a marathon, shoe reviews, and race day dressing/clothing strategies). I am a member of USAT. It costs about the same as USMS. Triathlons cost minimum of three your average swim meet, often times much more than that. You get a magazine with that, which is of marginal value. I do enjoy reading their one inch of space monthly devoted to swimming which proclaims 10 X 100 @ 2:30 is the only thing you need to do for triathlon swim training. Good road races don't require any sort of membership but they are also much more expensive than your average swim meet. I'm not talking about the Turkey Trot but real sanctioned races.