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If there is a theme to my swimming career it can probably be called, surrounded by greatness.
I grew up on the north side of Chicago. My family had a cabin on the Southeastern shores of Lake...
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...
Fitness
Jim Ryan swims in the 50-55 age group. In 2006 he and a group of fellow swimmers at the Greater Plymouth Community Center in Pennsylvania entered the pool’s East Coast Virtual Swim challenge. He...
Fitness / Training
Recently I attended the Walnut Creek Intensive Swim Camp, a fun-filled three days of instruction and long workouts with tons of individualized feedback. Swimmers couldn’t approach the wall without...
Fitness
Viewers who visit the Short Course Nationals page on the USMS website can enjoy the daily recap videos of the event. USMS Executive Director Rob Butcher and three-time Olympic gold medalist Rowdy...
Fitness
In September 2009, at age 58, I decided to get fit. I showed up at the Saluki Masters Swim Club on the campus where I work wearing a JC Penney’s drag producing suit and 20 extra pounds of...
Fitness
Go the Distance now boasts over 1700 swimmers and the FLOGs have another 1,100 swimmers using them without being formally entered in the Go the Distance event. That’s over 2,800 swimmers counting...
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