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Lake Placid: My first 2.4-mile swim
by Byline to Finish Line
posted July 27, 2010 at 4:11pm

The freak out began as soon as we arrived at the beach. Mirror Lake was already hopping before 8 a.m. on Saturday with Ironman athletes getting in a last swim to keep fresh while others not racing the following the day were getting in some quality trainin...more

Marathon swimming: Surviving open water
by Byline to Finish Line
posted July 21, 2010 at 12:46pm

There’s something alluring about open water swimming. Granted it was, and continues to be, the hardest part of triathlon for me. It’s scary. It’s hard. It’s lonely. And yet there are times out in the open water when swimming is peaceful, free an...more

Jenny Thompson: still a heroine
by Athletic Women Blog
posted July 9, 2010 at 7:09pm

I've always admired Jenny Thompson. It could probably go without saying that she is one of the greatest female athletes ever. But Thompson—a bright, independent-thinking woman—also helped cultivate a new archetype for the 21st-century athletic woman; ...more

Race Report: Welland Triathlon
by Byline to Finish Line
posted June 28, 2010 at 12:44pm

The smile just wouldn’t leave my face. For a brief moment I had flashes of Chrissie Wellington, the three-time defending Ironman Champion who always seems to be wearing an infectious smile during the most grueling parts of her races. Of course, I wasn�...more

Water temperature, wetsuits and adventure
by Byline to Finish Line
posted June 25, 2010 at 1:02pm

The email prompted some furious googling. The official prerace report from the Welland Triathlon appeared in my inbox this morning and right at the top of the information was a note on water temperature. “We expect that once again wetsuits will be opti...more

Small craft advisory or The joys of open water swimming
by Byline to Finish Line
posted June 17, 2010 at 11:32am

The tears had already started. So had the thought of dry heaving. And it was only 9:30 in the morning. This is what open water swimming can do to me. I was in panic mood en route to a complete nutty. Tonight would be my first open water swim since racin...more

What do USA Swimming and the Catholic Church have In common?
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted June 16, 2010 at 4:14pm

Answer: A big disgusting sex scandal, that’s what.For several months USA Swimming has been embroiled in lawsuits and accusations related to their lax oversight of and response to numerous instances of male coach sexual misconduct with young female swimm...more

The last day of swim practice
by Byline to Finish Line
posted June 10, 2010 at 2:10pm

He looked over at me, gently shook his head and shrugged his shoulders. Swim Master Greg and nothing left to say. It’s not that he gives up, it’s just that he doesn’t understand why I’m not moving faster through the water. This, believe it or n...more

Why milk?
by Athletic Women Blog
posted June 1, 2010 at 8:10pm

The benefits women—female athletes in particular—reap from strength training are well-established. A new study shows, however, that drinking milk after lifting weights enhances and accelerates them. Thus, as if it needed confirmation, we see now that...more

For the love of swimming
by Endurance Meg
posted May 27, 2010 at 2:34pm

I knew going into triathlon that, of the three sports, the swim would be my weakest link. And I knew, after training in 2009 for my first Ironman, that I’d have some ground to make up on the bike and run because I wasn’t about to get out of the water ...more

It’s time to kick off summer swim team
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 21, 2010 at 3:53pm

Summer is right around the corner – literally – with thousands of pools marking the beginning of summer Memorial Day weekend and summer swim teams starting practice. Summer swim team has got to be one of my favorite activities of the year. Some of my ...more

Catastrophic swims
by Byline to Finish Line
posted May 20, 2010 at 11:49pm

In all honesty, I was hoping for an easy workout. It was my transition day. Technically, transition day is the last day of vacation, but in my world, it’s the bridge day — the day when I’m home from travels, starting to scroll through the work email...more

Vintage Sports: 1919 Australian Women Swim Team
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 20, 2010 at 6:14pm

Women and girls’ participation in sports has come a LONG way over the years. Check out this photo of the Australian Women’s Swim Team from 1919. While I am not sure of the actual athletes featured in the photo, it is quite possible that both Fanny ...more

Win a Copy of Dara Torres' New Book
by anngaff
posted May 18, 2010 at 12:28pm

We have 5 copies of Dara Torres' new book Gold Medal Fitness to give away! TO WIN: There are THREE ways to enter and you can enter as MANY times as you want: Post a comment on this post (below). Send this tweet. Post on our Facebook Page tellin...more

Natalie Coughlin kicks off her weekend in Charlotte with Gold
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 16, 2010 at 7:41pm

USA Swimming’s Golden Girl, Natalie Coughlin, is back in the water after taking an extended break following the 2008 Olympics. Her extended break even included a stint on Dancing With The Stars, but its clear, Natalie’s real talent is in the water. S...more

Muslim Women are taking part in aqua-aerobic and swimming events
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted May 10, 2010 at 4:08pm

All these year’s Muslim females have faced the problem of finding an appropriate swimwear which adheres to the Koran, which requires a woman to cover everything except her face, hands and feet. The swimwears available in the market were either not targ...more

OCR and Kansas reach agreement over Title IX complaint
by Title IX Blog
posted May 7, 2010 at 6:02pm

According to news reports, the University of Kansas and the Office of Civil Right have agreed that KU will document its Title IX compliance, in resolution to a complaint that KU violates Title IX by discriminating against men in the distribution of athlet...more

Interview with Dara Torres
by anngaff
posted May 6, 2010 at 12:26am

(Photo credit: Andrea Mead Cross)Dara Torres is busy promoting her new book Gold Medal Fitness, which was just released this week, but she took the time to answer our interview questions in honor of Mother's Day. Torres has won nine Olympic medals, four ...more

Swimming with Olympians at the Mutual of Omaha Breakout Swim Clinic
by Sports Girls Play
posted April 26, 2010 at 1:14pm

< p> I Raced a Gold Medalist Today - What Did You Do? A few weeks ago we signed my daughter up for the Mutual of Omaha Breakout Swim Clinic that was being held at the pool she trains at. She was so excited to get to swim with Olympians Kate Ziegler ...more

Links Worth Noting
by Sports Girls Play
posted April 25, 2010 at 1:28pm

So it has been a bit quiet at Sports Girls Play for the past few weeks. I have been crazy busy! It seems like just about every weekend recently has been consumed by a gymnastics meet (either me coaching or going to watch my daughter compete), a swim meet ...more

UC Davis announces cuts
by Title IX Blog
posted April 17, 2010 at 1:56pm

As expected, UC Davis will be cutting four sports due to the extreme budget shortfalls being experienced by California schools. Women's rowing, men's wrestling, men's track and field, and men's swimming and diving will not be on the slate of varsity sport...more

I can no longer feel my arms
by Byline to Finish Line
posted April 13, 2010 at 9:54am

The big red plastic swim paddles were sitting for me at the edge of my lane, just waiting for me to finish my warm up so that I could slip their silicone strap over my wrist and attach them to my wrist. It had been a while since I was actually able to at...more

Just keep swimming through it
by Byline to Finish Line
posted April 6, 2010 at 10:39am

The potential for panic began the moment I entered the pool. The lights were terrible low. In fact only a few choice lights were turned on, yet the lifeguard sat at the desk and my fellow swimmers were turning laps. “Mood lighting?” I asked the lifeg...more

Swimmer Chloe Sutton Wins Gold at Columbus Grand Prix
by Sports Girls Play
posted April 2, 2010 at 10:03pm

Move over Natalie Coughlin, there is a new star in my 8 year old daughter’s eyes – Chloe Sutton. We watched Chloe win the 800m and 200m freestyle during Day 1 of the Columbus Grand Prix (televised on Universal Sports) and she is star struck. My da...more

And cue the clutter in my brain
by Byline to Finish Line
posted March 24, 2010 at 8:32pm

The pool yards were calling today. Swim Master Greg decided that I needed to work on my distance today and handed me a 3100 yard workout that had me exhausted just looking at it. Right after a short 500-yard warmup came the mother load of the schedule �...more

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