Meeting de Printemps

On Saturday April 24, I competed at the traditional Meeting de Printemps in Lancy. This is my club team’s home meet and always a lot of fun. The format of the meet is starts with a prelim session of 100’s in each stroke and a 200m IM final. Although at this time I’m not awfully training a lot there’s no way I could miss out on swimming in front of the home crowd.

I didn’t expect anything from this meet other than having a good time with my team. Well, this of course isn’t the full truth as you never compete just for the fun (at least I don’t). It always makes me furious when one of the other guys in my heat puts in a higher gear and overtakes me.

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Peter Marshall on Haiti

Peter Marshall mostly know for breaking World Records in the backstroke events during the FINA Swimming World Cup events shares the story of his adventure in Haiti. There are seven parts of Peter and his friend Kicker Vencill during their time helping with disaster relief following the devastating January earthquake. I was able to meet …

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charitybuzz loves swimming

You may have heard of Aaron Peirsol’s, US Olympic backstroker, Race for the Oceans. Charitybuzz,along with some other auctioneers has put together a auction called “A Bid to Save the Earth” for the upcoming 40th Anniversary of Earth Day on April 22. In addition to “donate” some money to a good cause you could win a swim lesson with Aaron Peirsol and learn how to backstroke like an Olympian as well as get 2 spots in this year’s Race for the Oceans Race and event dinner in Newport Beach, California.