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Swimming Tips
To all those people who say Twitter is a waste of time or energy… think again. The Swim Channel recently tweeted a link to a wonderfully informative video about how to breathe properly while swimming freestyle. While watching the video, I thought of my buddy Rebecca, who is an outstanding athlete and a new U.S. Masters Swimmer with “breathing issues.”
I’m currently one of those swimmers who “checks the weather” while breathing, but you can bet I’m going to try out the video’s techniques at today’s workout.
Check out the video here.
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Swimming News
Daniela Barnea shattered five swimming records in five attempts while competing in the 65-69 age group at the Stanford Avery Aquatic Center in the 2009 Summer National Senior Games. This is her first appearance at the National Senior Games.
Barnea obliterated the 100 butterfly mark Saturday by 10 seconds. The old record was 1:37.94, but the 65-year-old Barnea swam a 1:27.25. She added a second gold that day, winning the 50-yard breaststroke in 39.47. On Sunday, it was gold in the 100 breaststroke as she clocked 1:25.65. Her fourth gold came Monday when she won the 100 IM in 1:24.21. On Tuesday, Barnea broke the old 50 fly record of 41.39 with a 37.60.
Barnea put off entering ...
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Swimming Photos
As promised, I'm posting some images from the Tuolumne County Aquatics age group open (TCA Age Group Open) swim meet, held July 31-August 2. I'll post more as time allows. Coach Erica, a former competitive collegiate swimmer and successful English Channel swimmer, does a wonderful job with the program. I can only imagine how rewarding it must be for Erica and her assistants, Allison and Casey, to watch these kids grow and improve and compete in these meets. I spent the following day at the 2009 Summer National Senior Games in Palo Alto. Seeing the kids and seniors swim with such enthusiasm and gusto left me super motivated! Unfortunately, my current business trip has taken me away ...
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Lane Mates,
Swimming Photos
I took these photos at Saturday's 2009 Summer National Senior Games swimming competition at Avery Pool, Stanford University. Swimming continues through mid-week, and if I didn't have an upcoming trip tomorrow, I would have planted myself poolside throughout the entire competition. I just can't express how truly inspiring these athletes are. A big CONGRATULATIONS to all Senior Games competitors! The games continue through August 15th.
The fastest Native American swimmer at the 2009 Summer National Senior Games with her teammate, friend and two-time Gold Medal Winner! This photo was taken immediately after the first gold-winning swim.
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TCAM (Tuolumne ...
One of my TCAM teammates won TWO GOLD MEDALS... (2)! We swim at the same time of day, though in different lanes. We chit chat in the locker room, and Sissy always has a sweet smile on her beautiful face and never fails to offer kind words to all of us on deck. She's also one of the few people that can give our coach a hard time and get away with it. She's my favorite 70+ year-old DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL WINNER.
One of my actual lane mates got a 4th place in the 100 freestyle... 4th place! Unfortunately, she had to beat two other women from our team who normally swim faster than she does. But, I'm pretty ...
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Lane Mates
Even the NY Times has something to say about frustrating lane mates! Cindy Schweich Handler, a freelance writer, submitted "Rule Breakers at the Pool" to the paper's "Complaint Box" today. It begins,
I think we can all agree that if enough of us jettison the rules we have elected to follow and do whatever we please instead, then we’re in danger as a society. When we ignore the signs and don’t stay in our lanes; when we smash into people and keep on going without checking to see if they’re hurt; when we park ourselves in one spot, idling, and refuse to make way for the next person — when this kind of acting out becomes routine, we create an environment ...
