http://swimwestside.com/wordpress It's a GREAT day for racing... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:54:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The First Annual Kingdom Swim is an open water competitive and recreational swim for all skill levels, young and old alike, on Lake Memphremagog in the heart of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont – one of ten geotourism areas in the world designated by National Geographic. Kingdom Swim offers distances ... http://swimwestside.com/wordpress/2009/01/07/1st-annual-kingdom-swim/ fucking priceless... http://swimwestside.com/wordpress/2009/01/06/slam/ New year and that means new coaching book...every year I get a new coaching book, usually because my other one is so full and beat up...spiral bound 8" by 6" hard cover books...cant beat em. Anyhoo, I print out the split cheater below just big enough that it fits on the ... http://swimwestside.com/wordpress/2009/01/01/split-cheater/ So most popular swimming websites are embracing the fact that 2008 was the greatest year of swimming ever because 108 world records (at my last count) were broken...hmmmm... To be fair, there are websites and swimming "correspondents" out there, who, like me, are decrying the state of technology and ... http://swimwestside.com/wordpress/2008/12/31/108-records-and-other-reflections-on-2008-self-aggrandizement/ THE 2009 JANUARY JAM: MS PLUNGE FOR PARCELLS Training for a big swim? Need to get back into shape? Feeling guilty from too many holiday treats? Just plain old competitive? On January 1st, JANUARY JAM participants from all over the world will track their yardage on Dynoswim.com for the entire month to ... http://swimwestside.com/wordpress/2008/12/30/dynoswims-2009-january-jam-is-here/ this is pretty awesome news for us as we were switching over to BlueSeventy as our team comp suit. Better discounts for everyone... (link to blueseventy press release is here) (from swimming world.com) Blueseventy Becomes U.S. Masters Swimming Sponsor LONDONDERRY, New Hampshire, December 22. U.S. Masters Swimming is pleased to announce that ... http://swimwestside.com/wordpress/2008/12/25/bueseventy-becomes-usms-gold-sponsor/ Coach Nate quoted in this Sunday's Boston Globe... http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/12/21/finding_songs_to_swim_by/ i love the word forbid. sort of final-like... http://swimwestside.com/wordpress/2008/12/22/songs-to-swim-by/ http://swimwestside.com/wordpress/2008/12/18/the-best-start-to-any-workoutpsyche-up-mix/ "If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat." -Herschel Walker True words indeed from a man who walked the walk. If you do not know who Herschel Walker is or what he did, you don't need to look far on the interweb. Not only ... http://swimwestside.com/wordpress/2008/12/17/pushup-power/ http://swimwestside.com/wordpress/2008/12/17/soooo-cute-umwait-a-second/