Gary Hall Sr. was the guest of the 4th episode of the Swim Brief Podcast hosted by Chris DeSantis. Tune in and enjoy half an hour of fun and interesting swimming talk. Visit the Podcast’s website or subscribe on iTunes.
Year: 2010
Meeting de Printemps
On Saturday April 24, I competed at the traditional Meeting de Printemps in Lancy. This is my club team’s home meet and always a lot of fun. The format of the meet is starts with a prelim session of 100’s in each stroke and a 200m IM final. Although at this time I’m not awfully training a lot there’s no way I could miss out on swimming in front of the home crowd.
I didn’t expect anything from this meet other than having a good time with my team. Well, this of course isn’t the full truth as you never compete just for the fun (at least I don’t). It always makes me furious when one of the other guys in my heat puts in a higher gear and overtakes me.
Peter Marshall on Haiti
Peter Marshall mostly know for breaking World Records in the backstroke events during the FINA Swimming World Cup events shares the story of his adventure in Haiti. There are seven parts of Peter and his friend Kicker Vencill during their time helping with disaster relief following the devastating January earthquake. I was able to meet …
charitybuzz loves swimming
You may have heard of Aaron Peirsol’s, US Olympic backstroker, Race for the Oceans. Charitybuzz,along with some other auctioneers has put together a auction called “A Bid to Save the Earth” for the upcoming 40th Anniversary of Earth Day on April 22. In addition to “donate” some money to a good cause you could win a swim lesson with Aaron Peirsol and learn how to backstroke like an Olympian as well as get 2 spots in this year’s Race for the Oceans Race and event dinner in Newport Beach, California.
George Bovell on JAX50
World Team Member George Bovell was on the Morning Swim Show to talk about the upcoming JAX50 and how his swimming is going in general. If you didn’t hear about the JAX50 you should definitely check out the PlanetSwim website which organizes the event. Also check out George’s personal website to stay up to date …
Real Winner
Real Winner is an online educational program for athletes by Antidoping Switzerland, covering the World Anti Doping Code. You will learn the basics of the code through nine short, snappy and fun modules. You will receive a certificate once you completed all of their modules. Also if you haven’t seen the official Antidoping Switzerland’s website new look, go and check it out.
Big City Life
It didn’t look like I would ever get to an end with this post. I started writing on it last summer when I got back from my coaching stint in the Florida Keys. But kept adding and changing things ever since. This post allowed me to sort my ideas and figure out what I want to do in the future. Putting in all of what happened in those now almost four years in Geneva was impossible but believe most of it wasn’t that exciting anyway.
Things have been pretty crazy the last year (and a half) to say the least. From going through the first part of my training in the Swiss Army, coming back to Geneva and working my way back in the pool under the guidance of Benjamin Paris with the Lancy Swim Team, coaching the Florida Keys Swim Team for a summer to again coming back to Geneva to follow a packed study schedule to eventually graduate (by the end of July 2010).
Déjà Vu…All Over Again
Take a trip down memory lane with Gary Sr. in his latest Aqua Note “Déjà Vu … All Over Again“.
Time for Tyrosine
Nathan Jendrick explains one of Thunderbolt’s ingredients in more depth. Read why Tyrosine is one of only four ingredients for Thunderbolt in his second post “Time for Tyrosine“.