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Swimmers tell themselves (and others) all kinds of things. On deck, in the locker rooms, between the lane lines. You’ve heard it all, maybe even said it yourself. Some will talk about their...
Events / Fitness / USMS Promotional
If you were one of the nearly 3000 swimmers who entered the 2011 USMS 1-Hour Postal Swim (OHP), then you have a chance to do what very few swimmers do each year: complete the USMS Postal Challenge...
In case you were wondering, and in the words of marathon swimming legend and Illinois LMSC member Marcia Cleveland, “the 10K is a looooooong way to go in a swimming pool. Anyone considering doing...
Fitness
Jeff Strahota of Terrapin Masters has been a USMS member since 1998; he’s entering his first season in the 30-34 age group and he’s got some fitness goals: to do well at Nationals, keep in shape...
Fitness
The other day I was talking with a swimmer who lamented that she’d moved down a lane and just couldn’t make a move back to where she had been—where she wanted to be—with her workouts. Something that’s happened to many of us. “At least I’m here,” she sighed.
Events / Open Water
If you’re like many swimmers, you click into the USMS Open Water and Long Distance page sometime early in the year and dutifully mark your calendar with the upcoming championship events, imagining...
Fitness
I received an email from a sports psychologist colleague of mine the other day. She was horrified to read a recent study article that cast doubt on the task-performance value of the self-affirmative...
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