My 3 teamates are darn good swimmers. They are the product of competitive US Swimming from age 5 to 22. Carrington’s swimming pedigree includes 4-time All American, Princeton University swim team captain, 3-time Ivy League champion and 1 Eastern Championship… Read More ›
The harder you practice, the luckier you get — Gary Player, South African Golfer
Emily and I are not real cold water swimmers, but we’re exploring that option. We’ve started doing some cold water swims, which for us living in Barcelona, means swimming in 20ºC water this time of the year. Emily recently wrote… Read More ›
After reading about how so many OW swimmers swim without wetsuits I decided that I needed to toughen up. Mau took me to his 20C ocean water pool for my first cold water pool training. Our objective was to do… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
I admire with great envy women with wimpy spaghetti arms. As a swimmer, however, I will never be one of them. Casually shopping at lunch today, the sales woman, grabbed a shirt I was looking at and said, “Vaya, tu… Read More ›
One thing I’m pretty good at is forcing myself to not think negative thoughts when swimming in the ocean. When Carrington waxes on about sharks or Emily flips about huge jellyfish, I usually say: “no, there’s nothing out there…. just… Read More ›
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 ›
Emily: “Coach (Mauricio) said we shouldn’t drink much this week. Is 2 glasses of wine ok?” (We have a 10 K race this weekend in Sitges) Susan: “Yea, but Thursday only 1 and Friday none” Emily: “Meant to ask you, should… Read More ›
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