Awesome Race!!

Still Storming

No swimming again today. I guess that it's just as well, though. I was extremely tired all day today, so it was nice to take a little break. I did spend most of the afternoon watching the LA Grand Prix on Swimnetwork. It was a full afternoon of prelims. I just heard that Kate Ziegler won the 800m Free and broke the meet record. She went in 8:25! So super fast! Some of the finals are tonight. Just log into Swimnetwork to watch the live feed!

I can't wait to get back in the pool tomorrow. I sure hope the weather is nice!

Storm, Storm, Go Away!

I got stormed out of the second half of my workout today. I knew it was coming, but I still tried. I didn't even attempt to make it out to the outdoor pool. My gamble paid off. I did manage to get about 1500 meters in. I worked really hard on my breast stroke today. I did a lot of Breastroke Separation Drills. They really do teach you how to "ride the glide" effectively. Check it out:



My short swim today was just like a teaser! Now, I can't wait to get back into the pool tomorrow!

Support Swim Blogs United!

I'm proud to announce that I'm a member of a very unique bloggers', network. It's called Swim Blogs United. The purpose of this group is to support and help save college swimming programs. Many colleges, due to funding cuts, have closed their swimming athletic programs. Often times when the budget ax falls on college and university athletic departments, swimming programs are the first cut. Swimming programs often do not produce the revenue that football or basketball teams generate, so they are easy targets on the line by line budgets. These programs are vital to producing champion athletes. Almost every Olympic swimmer participated in a college swimming program.

As the President of the Middle Tennessee State University Masters Swim Club, one of our long time goals is to, hopefully, provide support for a collegiate swim team on our campus. Some of the ways we plan on doing this is by providing scoreboards, touch pads, timing equipment, and a location to a collegiate team. By signing up my blog as a member of Swim Blogs United, I can do my part to personally help this cause. You can also do your part. Join the Go For 5 initiative.



You can do this by going to the Go For 5 site and donating. These funds are distributed by grants through the organization to collegiate swimming programs.

Long Holiday Weekend

I hope that everyone had a great 4th of July weekend! I was really lucky that the local Rec Center in my hometown was open ALL weekend, including July 4th. I bascially spent nearly all of my free time at the pool during my 3 days off. I've felt REALLY good in the water the past 4 days too! I can tell that I'm definitely swimming stronger! My lung power feels like it's increasing too. Over the last 4 days, I'm starting to finally see improvement. I've finally decided to start flipturning again. I desparately need to up my lung power, and that's the only way I know how to do it effectively. Besides, Coach Chris will be yelling at me come fall, if I don't.

I worked today on speed drills, along with my flipturns too. I've noticed that I'm coming into the walls with a lot more speed, and I'm coming out harder and faster too! Why oh why couldn't I do this early this spring? I'm not sure what's happened in the last 2 months, but I'm awfully glad it finally clicked. I may actually be up to a meet this fall!

Swimming With Just Me

Today, I decided to do a more race pace workout. I didn't use any equipment, except a kickboard and pull bouy. I had a GREAT workout today, and I felt really strong in the water. I LOVE days like this!! Anyway, here's my workout for today.

Warmup:
5 X 50 Easy Kick

Main Set:
5 X 50 Free

5 X 50 Breast

5 X 50 Back

5 X 50 Pull

Cool Down:
5 X 50 Easy Free

5 X 50 Easy Breast

5 X 50 Easy Dophin kick

Goggle Cleaner Review

Last week, I posted a review on the TriSwim products. The same company, SBR, Inc. makes the Foggle goggle cleaner towelettes.



The Foggle product is made not only for de-fog and antifogging purposes. It also cleans your goggles. I've used a few antifog products and have only had temporary results with them. I used the Foggle towelette last Saturday, I've put in nearly 9,000 yards, so far this week. I'm happy to report, there's no sign of foggy lenses. That's saying something since, I've been swimming in the outdoor pool and the goggles have gone from the air temperature of 98 degrees with a heat index of 105 to the water temp of 90. As far a clean goes, it left my goggles VERY clean. There were no spots left from the evaporation of the cleaner either. Spots on my goggles ANNOY me to the Nth degree!!! In fact they left my goggles so clean, that I used the same towelette to clean my sunglasses too! The towelettes are good for around 6-8 uses, which makes them super economical too! It seems you just can't loose with Foggles!!

Again, another big plus is that SBR does not do animal testing, which makes me even happier with their products!! So, if you're swimming and looking through those foggy lenses, visit the SBR, Inc. website and pick up some Foggles. Foggles come in packs of 6 for $6.89 or in giant boxes of 48 for $34.56.