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Watch Women's Swimming Championships TONIGHT on ESPN3
by mhueter
posted March 19, 2011 at 7:35pm
Women's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships are on tonight at 7:45pm EST on ESPN3.com.
A total of 41 female student-athletes will compete in the diving championships, hosted by Texas.
Additionally, ESPN2 will air a 90-minute show at 1:30 p.m. ET on T...more
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This week’s lesson: How to be brave
by Byline to Finish Line
posted March 15, 2011 at 1:47pm
Reviewing the workouts he had given me for the week, I told my coach that Monday’s swim workout was going to be hard. He had assigned me 400 yard sprints — at 20 seconds faster than last week’s pace.
Um, seriously?
Yes. Seriously.
“Be brave,”...more
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Swim a triathlon with snorkel
by Bike Diva
posted March 7, 2011 at 3:30pm
Can I use a snorkel?A question new triathletes sometimes have is; can they use a snorkel during the swim portion of a triathlon race? Here is the answer according to USAT rules:
A. Actually, yes. Since it does not propel you forward, the use of a snorke...more
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Swim meet season: Winning with personal bests
by Byline to Finish Line
posted February 25, 2011 at 5:48pm
The frustrating part about February is that my preferred pool is pretty much closed down the entire month.
The fun part about February is that the pool is closed for championship swim meets.
Three collegiate conference championships have been held at th...more
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Feeling the water or small victories in the pool
by Byline to Finish Line
posted February 17, 2011 at 5:09pm
There’s a passage in her book, Age is Just a Number, where Dara Torres describes what it feels like to swim. She writes about the water feeling heavy, as if you’re pulling yourself through it. If it seemed too light, it was a sign she didn’t have th...more
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Mental chatter can change the conversation
by Byline to Finish Line
posted February 15, 2011 at 2:38pm
The question actually made me smile.
It was an early morning in the pool and my swim workout’s main set consisted of timed 300 yard sprints but my coach left the final tally up to me — three or four.
He does this from time to time with pool and trac...more
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The sweet life of Natalie Coughlin [podcast]
by Pretty Tough
posted January 20, 2011 at 1:30am
I had the pleasure of speaking with world-renowned gold medalist Natalie Coughlin a couple days ago. Natalie is an amazing swimmer - the most decorated female athlete of both the 2008 Beijing and 2004 Athens Games – who is looking to add to her me...more
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Bike Diva tries wetsuit
by Bike Diva
posted January 18, 2011 at 2:58pm
Profile Design Likes Bike Diva
I am pleased to have Profile Design on board as one of my sponsors for the 2011 race season. If you've been following my Bike Diva blog, you know that after 2 years racing duathlons, I have decided to start competing ...more
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Five events, five athletes moving the chains 2000-2010
by Fair Game News
posted December 27, 2010 at 12:15pm
By Rachael Goldenberg
OK, 2000-2010 is 11 years but rather than quibble with the definition of a decade, let’s consider the strides female athletes have made. The first years of this new century have pushed at barriers.
Female athletes have challeng...more
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Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Soni supports Girl Up
by Pretty Tough
posted December 7, 2010 at 7:59pm
More than 400 girls and (and some boys) from all over LA joined gathered at the Marlborough School in Hancock Park a few weeks ago to support the United Nations Girl Up campaign and learn about the lives of girls in Malawi, Liberia, Guatemala, and Ethio...more
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Vote for the new Wonder Woman!
by Athletic Women Blog
posted November 17, 2010 at 10:46am
Finally it is time to ask, "Who should be Wonder Woman?" And to your left (also here) you'll see a fancy (garish?) new poll where you can respond with your vote. There are, to begin with, ten candidates from which to make your choice. These women are, in ...more
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Why I love swimming with the grannies
by Byline to Finish Line
posted October 29, 2010 at 1:26pm
There’s something unique about swimming at the YMCA.
Because of my work schedule, I end up at the pool at odd hours where it’s often me and a crew of senior citizens. Some of them swim. Some of them walk in the pool. A number of them take one of the ...more
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Finding my aqua speed
by Byline to Finish Line
posted October 7, 2010 at 12:53pm
It’s been a while since I felt like this in the pool.
Yes, at the risk of sounding graphic, Wednesday’s workout included that feeling of pushing back the puke factor.
OK, I wasn’t really on the verge of throwing up.
But it was hard and difficult ...more
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Look who we have here
by Chic Runner
posted September 17, 2010 at 7:21pm
So I totally forgot that I haven’t posted this but a while back at one of our swimming events (the Pan Pacific Open Water Swim National Championship), we had a very special guest! Michael Phelps! All the girls of the office wanted a picture with him.
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Inspired through adversity: Natalie Lambert
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 24, 2010 at 2:44pm
For the fourth straight year, Natalie Lambert had trained and plotted and planned to swim across Lake Ontario.
On Monday morning, when the winds were high and the weather was bad, her crossing dreams were thwarted. Again.
While the 17-year old from King...more
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Review: Dara Torres ‘Age is Just a Number’
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 18, 2010 at 12:48pm
She became an American icon in the 2008 Olympics — well after she already was one of the best swimmers in U.S. history.
But there is something we love about a comeback story, about people doing things which our collective conventional wisdom tells us i...more
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Diana Nyad: Force of Nature at 60
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted August 17, 2010 at 4:00pm
When I was a few months from turning 60 (five years ago), I decided to train for and swim the Provincetown Harbor Swim for Life: A mile and a half distance from Long Point at the tip of Cape Cod to the beach at the Boat Slip. I got myself a new wet suit a...more
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Amanda Beard in the news
by Athletic Women Blog
posted August 4, 2010 at 5:41pm
Seven-time Olympic medalist Amanda Beard returns to competitive swimming this week, and along with that naturally comes a return to celebrity life, in not entirely predictable ways, as it turns out.
For instance, the New York Times recently ran a profile...more
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Amanda Beard's new life
by After Atalanta
posted August 2, 2010 at 2:15pm
The New York Times published an article this weekend about American swimmer Amanda Beard and the new stage of her life. She became a mother about a year ago and is working on a comeback in competitive swimming (she'll be competing in nationals this week; ...more
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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
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