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Open Water Swimming in February at Barton Springs

I love Austin. What a great place to train. Tons of trails, great roads to ride, the hill country, bike lanes through downtown and beyond. I love it. One day I’ll find a way to have a home in Austin and Colorado.
Yet another reason why I love Austin so much is Barton Springs. It’s a [...]

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I Guess I’m Officially Getting Old.

It seems that in all sports, the previous generations accomplishments get swallowed up by the next generation eventually. Swimming is no different. Take Johnny Weissmuller or Buster Crabbe, who at the time defined the sport of swimming. Heck, Johnny was Tarzan and Buster became Flash Gordon! Weissmuller won 5 Olympic gold medals and set 67 world [...]

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Pay No Attention to that Man Behind the Curtain

I was filming a friend of mine the other day (his post is in the hopper) and he thought that I should post my own swimming as a point of reference for others. While I have posted myself on here swimming before, I will admit it has been a while, so if you haven’t been [...]

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Putting Mark’s Stroke on the Hot Seat

For those of you who frequent this site (thank you by the way and tell some friends!!), you may have started noticing a theme here. I have been analyzing a number of people’s strokes, giving pointers, tips and things to avoid. The feedback has been well received and the requests have increased quite a bit [...]

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