Swimmer's Daily

  • “A quick example of freestyle vertical kick. Very powerful exercise to increase the power your kick in freestyle and backstroke swimming.” See SwimTechnique.tv

    Freestyle Swimming Drill – Vertical kick

  • “The Big Chill swim took place at Low Wood Bay Marina on Saturday 2nd February 2013. It is billed as “one of the coldest swimming races you’ll ever do” and with the water temperatures hovering around 4.6 degrees in Lake Windermere on Saturday, it was certainly chilly!”

    The Big Chill Swim at Low Wood Bay Windermere

  • ONU swim team parody video/song of mackelmore’s thriftshop

    Swim Some Laps (Thriftshop Parody)

  • This traditional wood-burning sauna is built into a shipping container, completely self-contained with solar power and a wood fired stove, iPod stereo, guitar hook-up, castor stool, magnetic truck light, wool toque and bronze antlers. See Castor via Laughing Squid

    Castor Loves You…

  • “Nissan is moving its marketing campaign “Innovation for Endurance” through new waters. The latest athlete involved in the car company’s social media campaign is swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte.” Via the17thman

  • Our youngest at the club meet, yesterday 5 February 2013, before his swim. Don’t take my word for it, but I think it was only the goggles pressing his eyelids down that made him look so sad, since the race itself (and the walk to it) went fine.

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  • Chloe Waddell, who had competed in the Olympic trials against Rebecca Adlington, went into cardiac arrest on Sunday morning. She was found unconscious by her parents, who tried to revive her at their home in Timperley, Greater Manchester, but was later pronounced dead in hospital. Read The Guardian

  • “My disabled goldfish scooting around in her newly redesigned sling. She has trouble maintaining buoyancy on her own. She looks a little silly, but it is better than lying at the bottom of the tank all day!”

    Disabled goldfish in harness

    “Have to make sure she’s getting enough to eat. She is very tame :)”

    Hand feeding disabled goldfish

  • Why? Because he can! :-)