"how was your experience at Nationals? No article on this yet from Slowman'

coming shortly

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Dan Empfield
aka Slowman

I, for one, had a good time. After reading the other threads on the topic I'll point out that I didn’t go for scenery, schmoozing, restaurants, posturing, posing, photo-ops, after-dinner drinks, industry intrigue, breath mints, or bullsh*t…I went to race. In that respect, I thought it was fantastic, as ~1200 other very good athletes also went to race.

Anyway, New Orleans was only a five hour drive, and on the way home!

www.martygaal.com/words/martynatls.html

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Marty Gaal, CSCS
One Step Beyond Coaching
Triangle Open Water Swim Series | Old School Aquathon Series
Powerstroke® Freestyle Technique DVD

"I, for one, had a good time."

if i'd've done what you did, i'd've had a good time too.

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Dan Empfield
aka Slowman

No sh*t!

Heck, I had a 5 hour drive JUST to get to the airport to fly to Dalllas to drive for ANOTHER 3-1/2 hours!

Emailed Steve Locke with my "less than thrilled" opinion of the venue and just received a response that was pleasant but non-committal and mentioned how many "happy" emails he had received about Shreveport.

Ah well.......

G

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It's a little like wrestling a gorilla.........you don't stop when you're tired.........you stop when the gorilla is tired.

heh heh, the racing part or the new orleans part? ;-)

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Marty Gaal, CSCS
One Step Beyond Coaching
Triangle Open Water Swim Series | Old School Aquathon Series
Powerstroke® Freestyle Technique DVD