I do appreciate the flog, magazine and the forum, but, I am feeling turned off on USMS. I am solely an open water swimmer. I don't swim with a team and have never been to a pool meet. I wonder how unique I am among the membership?
Not that unique: Among my personal swimming acquaintances, more do not swim with a team and have never participated in a pool meet than do. They join for one or two OW swims, have never read the forums (so wouldn't respond to a poll), don't have a flog....
This stuff about age limits is a smokescreen. It's about the prop guards.
+ Several thousand.
It would be useful if USMS admin took the lead in talking to swimmers about what is going on instead of hiding the info in a link. And I don't believe for a nanosecond that the requirements will be different when reevaluated for 2014 swimming year.
I do appreciate the flog, magazine and the forum, but, I am feeling turned off on USMS. I am solely an open water swimmer. I don't swim with a team and have never been to a pool meet. I wonder how unique I am among the membership?
Not that unique: Among my personal swimming acquaintances, more do not swim with a team and have never participated in a pool meet than do. They join for one or two OW swims, have never read the forums (so wouldn't respond to a poll), don't have a flog....
This stuff about age limits is a smokescreen. It's about the prop guards.
+ Several thousand.
It would be useful if USMS admin took the lead in talking to swimmers about what is going on instead of hiding the info in a link. And I don't believe for a nanosecond that the requirements will be different when reevaluated for 2014 swimming year.
