We finally received our new Swim4Good swim caps. One side of the cap shows a map (with a blue dot in the Strait of Gibraltar) that has the names of all the people who helped us reach $106.450 in donations… Read More ›
Products
My Poolmate Quit
My Poolmate Pro watch has just given up. At times, more important than my teammates, my Poolmate has been my pal through long pool swims, allowing me to disconnect and check in every half and hour or so to see… Read More ›
Instabeat: a Sports Technology Startup by Swimmers for Swimmers
Take a look at runners and cyclists out there and product innovation is immediately visible: lots of gadgets to help you better track your performance and training objectives. New product development has been slower for swimmers, even though swimming is… Read More ›
Goggle Alert: Aqua Sphere Kaiman Goggles
In a pool one stops every couple of minutes between sets while in the open water one stops every 45min-1hour. As a pool swimmer I almost never had a problem with my goggles, and when I did have a problem… Read More ›
Energy Bars, Gels and Drinks
Food is so important to any athlete and as I have gotten older, I have found that my body needs a lot more TLC that when I was in my 20s. For example, last year while training for a half… Read More ›
Part III Skin – How Swimming Makes You Ugly
SKIN As swimmers, we don’t get bruises like the women soccer or field hockey players but we do get chaffing. This is mostly caused by the harshness of the salt from sea but can also be caused by using a… Read More ›
Part I – Hair – How Swimming Makes You UGLY
A casual comment from Mau after our last swim on how we are really getting big was a like a shot in between the eyes. Of course he meant it as a compliment because we are getting our arms and… Read More ›
Wonder Woman Suits
Susan: Hey, let’s get these suits: Emily: I like thicker straps- make my ginormous shoulders look smaller. Do we have to wear the same suits? Mauricio: No, i don’t think I would look that good in that. Once you girls are swimming 20km… Read More ›
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