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Tales of the Beer Baby: July 2014
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Tales of the Beer Baby. Adventures in open water. Thursday, July 24, 2014. Boston Swimmer to Become First to Traverse 34-mile Length of Lake Pend Oreille in Northern Idaho. July 24, 2014. SANDPOINT, IDAHO— On July 30. Howley was invited to take on this long-distance challenge by Eric Ridgway, who is the founder of the annual 1.76-mile Long Bridge Swim. 8220;After that most recent great experience, I’m feeling really confident about this upcoming big swim,” Howley says. “It’s a...Of Sausalito, Calif. ...
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Swim Flick: Touch the Wall | 40 Pools
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Celebrating a Big Birthday with 40 Swims. Laquo; Poolside Reading: Fighting the Current. Henri Matisse’s Swimming Pool. Swim Flick: Touch the Wall. On November 28, 2014. What’s better than a holiday weekend? A holiday weekend with a new swim movie! There are a lot of reasons to recommend the documentary. But you come here for pools, and that is yet another reason to check out this film about the lead-up to the 2012 Olympics. How many places does an aspiring Olympian train and compete? At 1:48, the film i...
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#4: Panama City Beach Aquatic Center | 40 Pools
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Celebrating a Big Birthday with 40 Swims. Laquo; #3: John Jay College Pool. Not a Pool: Morrison Springs. 4: Panama City Beach Aquatic Center. On January 13, 2012. Panama City Beach, Florida. Free due lack of attendant (otherwise $8). 20 lanes of 25 yards (or 8 lanes of 50 meters). Woohoo, I swam outside today! Janet is also a very creative swimmer, constantly coming up with clever workout ideas and new ways to improve. Back in December, she dreamed up a 12 Days of Christmas workout. No less–and he...
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#52: UC Berkeley Spieker Pool | 40 Pools
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Celebrating a Big Birthday with 40 Swims. Laquo; #51: Hamilton Pool. 53: UC Berkeley Hearst Memorial Gymnasium North Pool. 52: UC Berkeley Spieker Pool. On November 24, 2012. 25 yards x 50 meters. 12 RSF day pass. I’ve swum in a number of Bay Area pools during past visits, including two pools at UC Berkeley, but I was never able to swim in the main Cal pool, Spieker. The last time I tried, it was open but the place to buy a day pass was not, so I just peered at it longingly through a crack in the gate.
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#80: Lyons Pool | 40 Pools
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Celebrating a Big Birthday with 40 Swims. Laquo; There Goes the Neighborhood: Reebok Club Bought Out. NYC Swim’s Last Summer. On August 18, 2014. Photo by NYC Parks and Recreation. Tompkinsville, Staten Island. 3 x 33 1/3-yard courtesy lanes during my visit; 12 x 50-meter lanes during lap swim. Situated alongside Hannah Street (! A short walk from the St. George Ferry Terminal, and in eyeshot of New York Harbor, Joseph H. Lyons Pool. Lyons, designated a landmark. In 2008, is Staten Island’s WPA gem.
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Uncategorized | Not Drowning, Swimming
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Not Drowning, Swimming. Open water adventures of a very ordinary swimmer. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. A Change of Plans. June 22, 2014. After some careful consideration I’ve decided to not try for Catalina this year. Has a great post. On training for a marathon swimming on his blog. That I think sums up the most important lesson learned this year – train harder. I still have the Boston Light Swim. A mile a day…. March 31, 2014. This week I finally managed to reach the 1 mile per d...
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#82: Willow Valley Communities Aquatics Center | 40 Pools
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Celebrating a Big Birthday with 40 Swims. Laquo; #81: Prospect Park YMCA Aquatics Center. 83: InterContinental Chicago Pool. 82: Willow Valley Communities Aquatics Center. On January 31, 2015. Rub-a-dub-dub, four women in a tub: Janet, Mom, me, and Aunt Alice Ann. Willow Street, Pennsylvania. 2 x 25-yard designated lap lanes, 4 more without lane lines. Free as guest of community resident. One response to “ #82: Willow Valley Communities Aquatics Center. January 31, 2015 at 12:28 pm. You are commenting us...
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#73: Clarke Memorial Swim Center | 40 Pools
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Celebrating a Big Birthday with 40 Swims. Laquo; #72: Athletic and Swim Club. 74: Avery Aquatic Center Belardi Pool. 73: Clarke Memorial Swim Center. On May 18, 2014. Walnut Creek, California. 20 x 25 yards (or 9 x 50 meters, and there’s also a 25-meter pool). I traveled across the country for an intensive training weekend. At the Clarke Memorial Swim Center. The head coach of the weekend and the pool’s USMS team. And an age group team. They churn out records and Olympians at an alarming rate. Needless t...
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#3: John Jay College Pool | 40 Pools
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Celebrating a Big Birthday with 40 Swims. Laquo; #2: Columbia University Uris Pool. 4: Panama City Beach Aquatic Center. 3: John Jay College Pool. On January 10, 2012. 5 lanes, indoors. 1333 with TNYA Splash Card. My first swim as a 40-year-old was here at John Jay. With my team, TNYA. In Fort Lauderdale, and competition opportunities all around the world. I usually go to the Thursday morning workout at John Jay with Coach Brad, but I’ll be traveling to more far-flung pools that day(! Enter your comment ...
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Channel & Marathon Swimming articles Index | LoneSwimmer
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The World's Best Guide To Cold and Open Water Swimming. Channel and Marathon Swimming Articles. Channel and Marathon Swimming articles Index. Many posts display very erratic formatting resulting from the theme change subsequent to winning Best Sports and Recreation blog for the second time in 2014. Finding and fixing these is an even longer task so if you find one please let me know and I’ll fix it asap. The Unwritten Rules of Open Water Swimming. Two Golden Rules of Open Water and/or Marathon Swims.