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The New Approach to Meets

swoomer
over 4 years ago
Iâ€Tmm really gratified to hear that USMS is approving sanctions beginning in November. That doesnâ€Tmt mean that any and all can swim in a particular meet. Some of us “race horses” are looking for competition. In my area, a team has a sanction for “members only”...an inter squad meet. So exclusionary events are OK? I live close by, but canâ€Tmt compete because Iâ€Tmm not affiliated with that team. How can this be a USMS event? ....I assume that records and Top Tens will be available to participants. I understand the limitations of COVID, and donâ€Tmt begrudge a team from having an inter squad meet, but if it is in the name of the organization at large, to the exclusion of our members, I must question. Any thoughts?
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  • over 3 years ago
    I'm 71 and have been out of the pool since mid-march 2020. My hypothesis is that a chlorinated pool environment with a reasonable number of people is safe, but that's just a hypothesis with no proof that I'm aware of beyond anecdotal evidence. By early Feb. I will have had my second dose of vaccine (feeling very lucky) and my plan is to get back into the pool for the first time swimming solo 2-3 weeks later around the end of the month. First swimming solo at pool where i need to reserve a lane for 45 min. at a time. I want to get back in shape before rejoining a masters team. Our GPAC masters team collapsed back in March and our 50m pool has been closed anyway for HVAC renovations that ran much longer than expected due to COVID. I'm not sure if the masters practices will restart as the coach moved on. The Sr AGers at GPAC have been swimming outside with pool heaters and may just now be getting back into our indoor 50m GCIT pool. If its not available for masters, I'll try to join another masters program (SJAC) that's on the way in to work. Meets seem like a distant past, and I'm not sure when i would feel ok to be on a crowded pool deck in that environment. Seems unlikely for me until fall, even with a vax. So much remains unknown, especially about variants. So..."playing it by ear." Take care and be safe going forward - wishing all good health Bill
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  • over 3 years ago
    I'm 71 and have been out of the pool since mid-march 2020. My hypothesis is that a chlorinated pool environment with a reasonable number of people is safe, but that's just a hypothesis with no proof that I'm aware of beyond anecdotal evidence. By early Feb. I will have had my second dose of vaccine (feeling very lucky) and my plan is to get back into the pool for the first time swimming solo 2-3 weeks later around the end of the month. First swimming solo at pool where i need to reserve a lane for 45 min. at a time. I want to get back in shape before rejoining a masters team. Our GPAC masters team collapsed back in March and our 50m pool has been closed anyway for HVAC renovations that ran much longer than expected due to COVID. I'm not sure if the masters practices will restart as the coach moved on. The Sr AGers at GPAC have been swimming outside with pool heaters and may just now be getting back into our indoor 50m GCIT pool. If its not available for masters, I'll try to join another masters program (SJAC) that's on the way in to work. Meets seem like a distant past, and I'm not sure when i would feel ok to be on a crowded pool deck in that environment. Seems unlikely for me until fall, even with a vax. So much remains unknown, especially about variants. So..."playing it by ear." Take care and be safe going forward - wishing all good health Bill
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