Why do I like every single sound in that track? Because it is made by human beings trying to do their best! DailyHouse via GoSwim on Twitter
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rokur
Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT consultant, spare-time swimming aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters and a wife. President of the Faroe Islands Aquatics Federation. Likes to run :-)
Nine months ago, a Canadian man lost his waterproof camera while paddle-boarding near rodanthe, and last week, a Virginia Beach man found it on an Outer Banks beach. Brilliant! Read WAVY.com Camera found after months underwater: wavy.com
“Competitive swimmers have an advantage in this pipeline because of their familiarity and comfort in the water. Something you can’t really teach. One of the biggest and largest hurdles that any potential SEAL has to face is fear of the water, fear of the ocean.” Via GoSwim on Twitter
We know that pool, we know it well :-) Via the17thman
Extremely impressed here, not so happy about heights myself, but this dog just don’t care. What is that, 3 meters? And that comment, “Don’t think about it!” :-D Via Neatorama
Australian head coach Leigh Nugent says there were mitigation factors to Ian Thorpe’s 52.28 and 4th in the Zurich International 100 meters freestyle last week, and that his 3:59.28 in the 400 meter was just a cruise. Via Reuters “Bernard Savage was there and he got the impression from Ian that he didn’t really want to swim there,” Nugent said. “In the 100 his goggles came off and that did him in a bit psychologically.” “In the 400 he never raced for performance. He raced it more as a cruising swim and he felt pretty good about that.” (Thorpe at…
It looks super-nice and you can win a Speedo Fastskin 3 if you sign up to it. Via British Swimming on Twitter … [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/britishswimming/status/175516668452274177″]
Ryan Lochte training hard for the Olympic Trials, via the17thman ;-)
This couple walked up past us in the athlete’s stand at the Rome 2009 World Aquatics Championships. Good to see equality at work, when it comes to hauling equipment :-)
Iowa State University kinesiology professor Rick Sharp helped design the new Speedo Fastskin3 swimsuits that will be worn by the U.S. Olympic team and others in London, as well as the Speedo LZR Racer used at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. KCCI8 via the17thman