Jul
14

    Rajib Dey, the assistant coach for India at the Beijing Olympics, visited the Summer Camps at the University of Miami to learn about the coaching methods of The Race Club. This is video is the 1st part talking about starts. You can watch the 2nd part on flip turns on YouTube.

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    Jan
    4
    This entry is part 16 of 15 in the series Training Camp Tenerife

      Short video of me swimming fly at slow speed in the flume channel at the Tenerife Top Training.

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      Jan
      4

      Tenerife Day Fifteen

      This entry is part 15 of 15 in the series Training Camp Tenerife

        This completes my daily bits from Tenerife. I’m sitting at the airport Tenerife North while I start writing this last entry. Today wasn’t our lucky day. Our flight got delayed by about an hour and a half and it looks like back home the ground personnel is on strike and there’s about a two our wait at the baggage reclaim.

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        Jan
        4

        Tenerife Day Fourteen

        This entry is part 14 of 15 in the series Training Camp Tenerife

          “Last” day in Tenerife … it was a busy one! Not only did we have two pool and one gym session on the program but I also planned to meet up with Cassandra and her family. Today also marked the day where I didn’t have to do  an additional set or some additional stroke work at the end of workout after almost two weeks. It almost felt weird finishing up with the team and just doing the regular workout.

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          Jan
          3

          Tenerife Day Thirteen

          This entry is part 13 of 15 in the series Training Camp Tenerife

            Another day off as the facility was closed for a full day on January 1st, 2010. And of course again Happy New Year! We didn’t have any plans at all for this day off. Everyone was happy to sleep in and I wanted to get some work for school done.

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            Jan
            1

            Tenerife Day Twelve

            This entry is part 12 of 15 in the series Training Camp Tenerife

              Although this is the entry for December 31st, as I’m sitting here on the coach writing it’s already 2010, so Happy New Year! May the lanes be plenty and all the water good and fast!

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              Dec
              30

              Tenerife Day Eleven

              This entry is part 11 of 15 in the series Training Camp Tenerife

                Wednesday’s are Spa days. But first we had to go through 2 pool and one gym session. The weather is still nice but there’s a pretty chilly breeze coming in from the Atlantic Ocean. Morning workout wasn’t that hard but we did some “warm-up” for the main set of fast 50′s in the afternoon. I’m also starting to think about changing my main stroke to something other than fly … it might just be me but there are way too many fly sets in practice lately.

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                Dec
                29

                Tenerife Day Ten

                This entry is part 10 of 15 in the series Training Camp Tenerife

                  Quite a lazy day. We started our daily routine in the morning but with the rumors confirmed we would not have to go back to the pool in the afternoon today. After a rough day yesterday this morning was mainly just swimming. And I finally got to have my massage as well after the morning workout.

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                  Dec
                  28

                  Tenerife Day Nine

                  This entry is part 9 of 15 in the series Training Camp Tenerife

                    After a hard day yesterday we did get some more easy swimming this morning with just some more intense kicking mixed in. In the morning the sun was still shinning and we went the full 8000 meters with ease. Before the afternoon session we heard a rumor that tomorrow afternoon will be off, so we got a little excited.

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                    Dec
                    28

                    Tenerife Day Eight

                    This entry is part 8 of 15 in the series Training Camp Tenerife

                      Sunday but we still did doubles today. And to add to it, the workouts were pretty hard as well. The good news … the weather is finally set on sunshine from the morning hours.

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