Never again should a masters trackster have to sleep in stairwell
On the previous post about Nolan Shaheed’s night-before-meet ordeal in Baton Rouge, Gary wrote: “How about this novel idea: Why don’t we set up a masters network around the country to support his kind of thing? If I lived in Baton Rouge, I would have easily put you up and driven you to the meet. I might have even maybe given you pancakes. Darn right I would have. Ken, what do you think?” Great idea! And for totally self-indulgent back-patting reasons, I draw your attention to a place where we can get this done: My message boards called Forums. A lodging exchange is available, under the category Share lodging, transit. I launched this area in 2008 on the eve of the Eugene Olympic Trials. I needed a roomie or two, and I found them! But yeah: This can be used for any meet. So post a note, and see what happens. We’re all brothers and sisters here, so give your siblings a place to crash. Ask, and ye might receive.
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Thanks Ken,
Good promotion…I had totally forgotten about the forums. Maybe you should put a little star next to the forums or something….or some way to have it “facebooky” where you don’t have to go digging in there….
or something like “what is your favorite middle distance guy?, vote in the forums” and then you set it up in there…
Nolan and I arrived in Baton Rouge at almost the exact time. I was driving and he was flying. If I had known ahead of time I could have not only made sure that he had a Hotel room but also picked him up at the airport. There were rooms available at my hotel. We discussed this and I told him to call me next time.
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