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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]