Last Thursday I went to Maggligen for a workout with one of my former teammates and oldest swimming friends. His team was away for a meet and he went through some hard training earlier in the week so it was sort of a recovery workout with some smooth build swims. I’m thinking about making a subscription based workouts stream available, so I though you might like this one in the meantime. Download the workout as a PDF on ProSwimWorkouts.com
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Upper Keys Masters Meet Series
The Fighting Manatee Swim Club is putting together a Masters swim meet series in 2011. They will host three meets, one meet in every pool available, starting with Short Course Yards on the first weekend of February. Also during this first meet there will be a swim clinic by US Olympian Jon Olsen. Please read the meet announcement or visit their website for more information on the series.
Breathing Patterns
Please go to the Race Club website for a full transcript of this swim tip on breathing patterns.
Interview with Mike Bottom (Part 1)
University of Michigan and former Race Cub head coach Mike Bottom sat down with Gary Hall Sr. while in the Florida Keys for a training camp. You can watch the first part of the interview with Mike on the Race Club website.
Teen raps about life as a swimmer
Just the other day I came across this article about a young swimmer who wrote and produced a song about the life of a swimmer. I thought this was worth sharing and if you’re a swimmer, you should absolutely listen to the song! Here’s an excerpt from the article on USA Swimming’s website.
Dylan Ludwick, 17, a member of the Tri-Hampton YMCA swim team in Bucks County, Pa., recently submitted a song to USA Swimming that he wrote and produced for his team’s annual taper meet. […] Ludwick offered his song as a free download, but would like to encourage swimmers to show their appreciation by donating to the Fran Crippen Elevation Foundation. Ludwick grew up watching Crippen swim in the Middle Atlantic LSC and had a chance to compete against him at last year’s 5K Open Water National Championships.
Download the song [download id=”6193″] or read the full article on USA Swimming’s website.
Gary Hall Jr.: Olympic medalist now a hero to diabetics
Ron Judd wrote a great article on my friend Gary Hall Jr. and him living in Seattle and his after-work swimming experiences. Read the full article from the Seattle Times called “Gary Hall Jr.: Olympic medalist now a hero to diabetics” online.
Der Schwimmer und sein Meisterwerk
Christop Gertsch, former swimmer himself and now writer for different Swiss newspapers, wrote a great article on Dominik Meichtry called “Der Schwimmer und sein Meisterwerk“. This really sums up perfectly the life of a swimmer.
On Hurricanes and Mammoths
It’s been a while since I last posted something and I’m not positive that my time with the Swiss Army is a great excuse. I did have a few ideas for new content during the last weeks and started working on several of them. But I have to admit that life in the army is different and writing wasn’t always a top priority. So for now an update on what I’ve been up to this summer before reporting to the Swiss Army and some things that happened during that time.
I’ve been assigned to a troop called “Mob Log Ber Kp 104-1” or simply the Mammoths. Compared to my first experience with the Swiss Army I did have a better time but I’m glad it’s over now. We still had to go through some training but it was more specific to the mission we had to accomplish during those weeks.
There’s really not much more I can share with you other than the news that put a smile on my face during the time with the Swiss Army…so keep reading for some swimming related news.
Boyd jumps right in
Jack Boyd, who was down in the Keys for a Race Club swim camp this past summer, began his High School swimming career with a record in the 500 yard free and a win in the 200 yard free to help Canisius to a win in their season opener. You can read the full article in the sports section on BuffaloNews.com