Interested in tracking your yardage/mileage in 2013?
If so, consider signing up for U.S. Masters Swimming's free
Go The Distance (GTD) program.
"GTD
is a self-directed program intended to encourage Masters swimmers to
regularly exercise and track their progress. There is no time limit for
the distance milestones, except that they must be achieved in the
calendar year 2012. Speed does not count - just the effort to attain
whatever goal you set for yourself.
GTD is on the honor system -
you track the distance you swim.
Daily, weekly, or monthly, you enter that information into your online
Fitness Log (FLOG). When you achieve certain milestones, ranging from
50 miles through 1500 miles, you will be recognized on the U.S. Masters
Swimming website and will
receive special prizes from Nike Swim, our event title sponsor for the event.
There is
no cost to enter GTD. You may register for GTD through your FLOG in the
My USMS
section of the website. Your FLOG allows you to to track all your
fitness activity, not just swimming, while simultaneously participating
in GTD. Once you've entered GTD, your results are automatically
included in the daily summary reports, and your milestone awards are
sent directly to you."
In 2012,
3,457 GTD 2012 participants swam a total of
719,148.87 miles (=1,265,702,016 yards, =1,157,357,923 meters).
If you have questions about signing up or participating, feel free to contact Nicole at adventuregoers@gmail.com.
