Estimated TimelineWhat a long weekend this may turn out to be. I say may cuz' I can always scratch an event or two Here is the estimated timeline:Session: 1 FridayStarts at 10:00 AM Event Entries Heats Time1 Mixed 1500 Freestyle 96... 1500 scm freestyleHere is my best 1500 scm time so far: 18:26.03I did the math and here are my splits.1:10.34 1:14.02 1:15.40 1:14.80 1:14.40 1:14.00 1:14.30 1:13.09 1:14.10 1:13.08 1:14.00 1:13.07 1:14.00So this friday I want to have all my 100's below... SI Gives Milorad Cavic Some RespectFor most American's the name Milorad Cavic doesn't ring a bell at all but to swimming fans he'll always be the guy who lost to Phelps by 1/100th of a second. With that said in announcing that Michael Phelps is... Sportsman of the Year: Michael PhelpsSports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year is...Michael Phelps.Read the full article at SI.com 3200 LCM Taper Workout300 Swim (300/300)300 Pull (300/600)500 broken as follows 100 Kick / 50 Drill / 50 Swim / 100 Kick (500/1100)15x100's (1500/2600) Free1-5 Easy technique 2:006-10 Stretched Out 1:5511-15 Descend 1:45 (we took an extra 15 before the last 100) I... Swimmers Gift Giving GuideThe swim parka. Growing up in Rhode Island you'd think we'd had these growing up. I guess we had so many other winter coats who needed one just for swimming Well you do! Last year for the Holiday's I got... Event 29 Men 200 SC Meter Backstroke The scratch event. Will I or won't I? I've never swam this event before so I may scratch it. 200 backstroke is eight laps...holly shit! Event 24 Men 100 SC Meter Butterfly I am running out of excuses for why I don't think I'll do this time this weekend. Event 22 Men 400 SC Meter Freestyle At IGLA I swam this event in 4:39.97. I entered the slower time just cuz' well I will admit that I never really do well on the 3rd day of a meet. I hope I can tackle this race and... Event 14 Men 200 SC Meter Butterfly At IGLA I did a 2:26.16. I'm hoping to just do around that but not too much slower. I can't imagine that my lack of improvement in my stroke will give me a new best. But who knows. Event 10 Men 100 SC Meter Backstroke Okay, 100 backstroke is a fun new race for me. I think my 200 on Sunday will be the real test of if I'll continue to work on backstroke or not. Let's just hope I don't get DQ'ed. Event 7 Men 50 SC Meter Butterfly Wait, I entered the 50 fly? Oh well. I'm seated 16th and I have no idea how I came to that time. Must have swam a 50 somewhere at sometime. It'll be a warmup for the 200 fly. Event 1 Mixed 1500 SC Meter Freestyle Okay so I entered a slow time. I'm not sandbagging, really. I just don't know how well I'll be swimming so I took the median time between my best 1500 and my 2nd best 1500. I entered an 18:45 but... SPMA SCM REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS PSYCH SHEETSHosted by the Long Beach GrunionsBelmont Olympic Plaza in Long Beach, CaliforniaDecember 5 - 7, 2008 (Friday to Sunday)Sanction number: 338-045LINKIt's that time of year again. Time for another weekend in Long Beach for the 2008 SPMA SCM Regional Championships.... Brrr...it's chilly! December Is Here!It's in the low 50's here in Los Angeles so we are in the depths of a cold winter morning. For those of you who don't live in SoCal here is a handy temp converter for SoCal weather: when the... Swimmers Gift Giving GuideThe Watershed Chamois is a swim meet must have for swimmers. At a swim meet swimmers are in and out of the water several times a day between warming up, swimming an event and warming down. Only to repeat that... AQUAview: Randall BalThe Watershed Chamois is a swim meet must have for swimmers. At a swim meet swimmers are in and out of the water several times a day between warming up, swimming an event and warming down. Only to repeat that... Michael Phelps on 60 Minutes Here is the full video of the 60 Minute Piece on Michael Phelps with Anderson Cooper.Watch CBS Videos OnlineThe thing that made me go hmm...was the comment about a Michael Phelps video game. Can they make swimming fun for video... Swimmers Gift Giving GuideFor me and many other swimmers we wake up at the crack of dawn and head out to swim. Problem being is that some mornings it's hard to feel like swimming or working out when you are feeling sluggish. Well... Sunday Afternoon SwimToday it was back to swimming after taking Saturday as a recovery day. I jumped in the water and took my time doing a very lazy 250 warm up. Then we had a warm up set:2x150 Kick 50 Spring Kick3x50's... Is Your Kid The Next Michael Phelps or the Usain Bolt?Screw the talk of tech suits and blocks with kick stands for better track starts the latest tech tool for parents of young kids is sport specific generic testing. Atlas Sports Genetics offers a $149 test that they claim can... Speedo Make Waves Podcast: Telstra Swimmer of the Year 2008Screw the talk of tech suits and blocks with kick stands for better track starts the latest tech tool for parents of young kids is sport specific generic testing. Atlas Sports Genetics offers a $149 test that they claim can... Swimming World Magazine's Swimmers Choice AwardSwimmers Choice Male3. Ryan Lochte 2.87%2. Michael Phelps 43.54%1. Cesar Cielo 46.15%Swimmers Choice Female3. Natalie Coughlin 13.67%2. Dara Torres 18.72%1. Stephanie Rice 30.72%source swimmingworldmagazine Swimmers Gift Giving GuideThe swim snorkel. Although I can only name one person on my swim team who has one and I've yet to make the plunge I keep seeing these pop up on more swim blogs and websites. If you are serious... Michael Phelps Cameo on EntourageThe swim snorkel. Although I can only name one person on my swim team who has one and I've yet to make the plunge I keep seeing these pop up on more swim blogs and websites. If you are serious... Adidas Heads For Dry Lane?The UK's Times reports that Adidas may abandon the world of ceompetitive swimming and the race suit market if FINA doesn't ammend it's swim suit rules to be "fair and professional". The paper quotes a source as saying “Nike is... Cooper Anderson Talks About Michael PhelpsCNN's Anderson Cooper discusses his experience joining Olympian Michael Phelps on his post-Beijing "Victory Tour" for 60 Minutes. 60 Minutes: Anderson Cooper Races Michael PhelpsA new clip from this Sunday's 60 Minutes in which Anderson Cooper races Michael Phelps in the pool. Ya know, Anderson isn't such a bad swimmer after all although he would have been better in a Speedo. One little fact... AQUAview: SplashThis picture is at least 4 years old or older judging by the suits that are being worn but what caught my eye was the various body positions in entering the water. The 4th swimmer from the bottom seems to... Swimmers Gift Giving GuideOkay so it's winter and not many of you are swimming outside with the sun beating down on you but if you are still swimming outside like us here in sunny southern California you might want to try out Mission... Arena Jumps In With Swedish FishSvenska Simförbundet Bless You. Sorry I had a Golden Girls moment when Rose would tell one of her St. Olaff stories. Anyways. The swim tech wars enter a new skirmish with Svenska Simförbundet, the Swedish Swimming Federation signing up with... Swimming To A TuneSvenska Simförbundet Bless You. Sorry I had a Golden Girls moment when Rose would tell one of her St. Olaff stories. Anyways. The swim tech wars enter a new skirmish with Svenska Simförbundet, the Swedish Swimming Federation signing up with... Friday Morning SwimmingDue to the holiday we only had one swim practice today from 7am to 8:30am. Warm up started off pretty easy. I did about a 400 freestyle. We then did a warm up set:6x150s 75 Kick / 50 Drill /... Swimmers Gift Giving GuideTotal Immersion Holiday Sale 2 special promotional offers. Save $50 (10%) on any Weekend Freestyle Workshop registration and $5 off any TI product purchase using the coupon codes below. Simply enter the appropriate code in the "discount code" field of... Swimmers Gift Giving GuideFrom the LA Times list of Holiday Sample Sales:TYR: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 5 and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 6, 50% to 75% off swimsuits and accessories, as well as $1, $2 and $5 racks. 15391... AQUAview: Paul Biedermann From the LA Times list of Holiday Sample Sales:TYR: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 5 and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 6, 50% to 75% off swimsuits and accessories, as well as $1, $2 and $5 racks. 15391... GMM Talks To Rob Butcher of USMSRob Butcher the new Director of US Masters stop and chats with Gold Medal Mel about Clovis Nationals. source GMM Blog LINK Michael Phelps Spends The Holiday With Cocktail WaitressPeople Magazine LINK is reporting that Las Vegas cocktail waitress Caroline "Caz" Pal is spending the Thanksgiving holiday in Baltimore with her current boyfriend Michael Phelps and his family. Lucky little tramp. Here are a few photos of her below... Swimming In Los Angeles SnowFrom LA Observed: In the winter of 1949, snow blanketed the floor of the San Fernando Valley and other parts of the basin. But swimming lessons must go on — it was the new suburbs, after all. Swimmers Gift Giving Guide20% off all orders at www.splish.com and www.splishcustom.comOur very first Black Friday sale. Well I guess it's really Black Friday, Saturday, Sunday andMonday sale. Just enter the coupon code BIGBROWNSHOE when checking out on either site for the discount. Sale... Thanksgiving Gym DayWith no swimming today I headed over to the gym to do some weight training. I was actually shocked how busy the gym was. I figured people are away, sleeping in or just eating turkey. But not so. The gym... Swimming World Announces 2008 European Swimmers of the YearSwimming World Announces 2008 European Swimmers of the Year LINK FEMALE1. REBECCA ADLINGTON, Great Britain MALE1. ALAIN BERNARD, France2. Laszlo Cseh, Hungary3. Milorad Cavic, Serbia4. Maarten van der Weijden, The Netherlands5. Alexander Dale Oen, Norway AQUAview: Evgeny KorotyshkinSwimming World Announces 2008 European Swimmers of the Year LINK FEMALE1. REBECCA ADLINGTON, Great Britain MALE1. ALAIN BERNARD, France2. Laszlo Cseh, Hungary3. Milorad Cavic, Serbia4. Maarten van der Weijden, The Netherlands5. Alexander Dale Oen, Norway Wedensday Drizzling SwimWhen my alarm went off at 5am I had to make the decision of getting up and checking the rain situation or just sleeping in. For some reason my body wanted to get up. So I wake up and while... Swimming In The DrizzleImage via WikipediaTonight's workout wasn't so bad. Even with 6x50's breaststroke all in all it was a descent workout.Warmed up a 400 swim, a 300 pull w/paddles, a 100 pull w/o paddles then I think it was a 50 swim.... USMS Forum: Question on Moving LanesImage by jontidmarsh via FlickrThe USMS forums are jamed back with interesting conversations. Sometimes they go off track but every so often I'm moved to post. Today one forum swimmer asked:I was wondering whether anyone had problems moving up a... The Global Warming Swimming Pool Ad agency Ogilvy & Mather created this pool for client HSBC’s global warming initiative. Basically they took an aerial photograph of New York City plastered it to the bottom of a swimming pool to show people a scary future for...
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