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USMS Members pass one BILLION yards in 2011!
The annual GTD program has become the most popular event offered by USMS. More than 2,800 members participated in this USMS fitness event in 2011, logging a total of more than one billion yards for the year (over 577,000 miles). Congratulations to all participants for each of your individual accomplishments.
Go the Distance in 2012
Now that we've passed one billion yards, lets all try to collectively hit one billion meters for 2012. If we all convince a swimming friend or lane mate to join in the fun and log their swims throughout the year, it should be easy for us to attain that goal.
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.
Illustrated, step-by-step instructions for setting up your FLOG and entering GTD
Awards and Merchandise
Nike Swim is partnering with All American Swim Supply to provide the awards for certain milestone achievements. The recognized milestones and associated awards are shown below. Please read the award notes that follow for important procedures governing the award program.
Milestone Nike Swim Award 50 miles GTD Nike Swim swim cap 100 miles 150 miles 200 miles 250 miles Nike draw string bag 300 miles 365.25 miles
(average mile a day)400 miles 500 miles Nike Swim suit 750 miles 1000 miles 1250 miles 1500 miles
Award Notes
- In order to receive the Nike swim suit, the participate must have registered with USMS with a valid email address. Updates to your registration email address can be submitted here.
- The street address that was used during member registration will be the address your Nike swim cap, draw string bag and swim suit are sent to. Updates to your registration address can be submitted here.
- Award merchandise will not be sent to addresses outside the US.
- In order to receive your Nike swim suit, you must respond to an email requesting size, color and style of your Nike swim suit and receive a confirmation email in return. If you don't receive a confirmation email within a week, email your order again or call. This confirmation email ensures your order was processed.
- The 2012 GTD Program ends on December 31 of 2012. You must have logged all your miles in your FLOG by January 10, 2013 in order to receive any of the awards.
- All questions or concerns about the 2012 GTD Program need to be sent by March 10, 2013. Any questions after that will not be accepted.
Official Go The Distance t-shirts can also be ordered from All American Swim Supply. Check off your milestone achievements on your t-shirt throughout the year as you swim through them.
Event Results
2012: daily results | T-Shirts
2011: daily results | T-Shirts
2010: daily results | T-Shirts
2009: monthly results
2008: monthly results
2007: monthly results
For more information, please contact the GTD support team at usmsgtd@yahoo.com