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	<title>A Swimming Blog Written By A U.S. Master Swimmer &#187; USMS</title>
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		<title>US Masters Spring Nationals Swim Meet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 15:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watching the videos on the US Masters Swimming YouTube Channel &#8211; I&#39;m greatly relieved I didn&#39;t sign up to compete US Masters Spring Nationals swim meet in Georgia. From looking at these videos, I&#39;d say everyone who swims at these USMS meets is a bad a$$. Having been to numerous meets, both as a competitor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 USMS Spring Nationals Taking Place Now!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good luck to my friends and fellow U.S. Masters Swimmers at the 2010 USMS Spring Nationals being held at Georgia Tech Aquatic Center this week.&#160; You can follow news and results here:
	US Masters Swimmers org:&#160; http://www.usms.org/
	Real time results: http://www.usms.org/comp/scnats10/realtime/
	For updates in Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Masters-Swimming/106935322660790
	For updates via Twitter: &#160;
	@MastersSwimming
	@cokiel
	@smsRob
	I expect we&#8217;ll see some great blog posts from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USMS Short Course Championships &#8211; Atlanta, Georgia May 20-23</title>
		<link>http://mastersswimmersblog.com/post/usms-short-course-championships-atlanta-georgia-may-20-23</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 14:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Masters Swimming Short Course Championships are just around the corner. The event is being held at the Georgia Tech Campus recreation center in Atlanta.
DATES 
Competition: Thursday, May 20 - Sunday, May 23, 2010. 
Pool available for warm-ups Wednesday, May 19 from 3 - 8 p.m.]]></description>
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		<title>Last Call for 2010 USMS Short Course National Championships Entries</title>
		<link>http://mastersswimmersblog.com/post/last-call-for-2010-usms-short-course-national-championships-entries</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any U.S. Masters Swimmers interested in competing in the USMS Short Course National Championships must enter before 11:59 PM today. The meet will be held from May 20-23 at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Click here to enter online.
]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Masters Swimming Statement on Swimsuits: Emergency Rule Change January 20, 2010</title>
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		<comments>http://mastersswimmersblog.com/post/u-s-masters-swimming-statement-on-swimsuits-emergency-rule-change-january-20-2010#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just in, copied directly from an EMERGENCY RULE CHANGE alert from U.S. Masters Swimming&#8230;

Due to the change in Masters swimwear rules published by FINA January 16, 2010, and pursuant to Article 601.4.8, the USMS Rules Committee and the USMS Executive Committee have approved the following emergency changes to the USMS swimwear rules. These changes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Santa, I Changed My Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had an entire list of fun swimming-related toys, books, paraphernalia to text at you for my 2009 Christmas wish list, such as&#8230;

a lap counter&#160; Hello! I&#8217;ve been known to lose count after 3 laps.
a copy of &#8220;Swimming Anatomy&#8221; by Ian McLeod. USMS Marin Pirates swim coach, Cokie Lepinski, recommended this incredible book to me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Masters Swim Calendar</title>
		<link>http://mastersswimmersblog.com/post/us-masters-swim-calendar</link>
		<comments>http://mastersswimmersblog.com/post/us-masters-swim-calendar#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am still alive. I plan to wrap up the Tuolumne County Masters Aquatics 2010 calendar today, and I will have a life again. In fact, after I toss this cantankerous, s-l-o-w Dell computer out the window, I will attend the Pacific Masters Swimming annual meeting / potluck at Heather Farms in Walnut Creek.
Here is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What The Heck Was I Thinking?</title>
		<link>http://mastersswimmersblog.com/post/what-the-heck-was-i-thinking</link>
		<comments>http://mastersswimmersblog.com/post/what-the-heck-was-i-thinking#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve established I&#8217;ve had some annoying health &#8216;issues&#8217; and spent more time on a pool deck than normal this past year. Consequently, I took a lot of photos at USMS swim meets, practices, open swims, etc. In one of my far-too-frequent philanthropic moods, I offered to create a calendar for Tuolumne County Aquatics Masters (TCAM). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pumpkins Do Indeed Swim</title>
		<link>http://mastersswimmersblog.com/post/pumpkins-do-indeed-swim</link>
		<comments>http://mastersswimmersblog.com/post/pumpkins-do-indeed-swim#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Sometimes daily deadlines and a horrible internet connection prevent me from having fun here on the blog. And by horrible internet connection, I&#160;mean this company. For those of you fortunate enough to live in an urban area where you have access to DSL and all sorts of high-speed and UNLIMITED internet &#8211; I so completely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swimming Coach Needs Our Help</title>
		<link>http://mastersswimmersblog.com/post/swimming-coach-needs-our-help</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Casey Coble, 27, the swim coach at the Lancaster Aquatic Club in PA, was diagnosed in April 2006 with a form of leukemia. Casey endured two years of chemo and went in to remission. The cancer returned in September, and he needs our help.
Every morning, while I&#8217;m sipping my Peet&#8217;s Coffee and slowly becoming aware [...]]]></description>
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