Posts about the competitions that our members attend (US Masters, Triathlons, Marathons, Open Water Swims)
Every summer, triathletes show up at my pool in full-blown panic. They’ve started triathlon swim training and signed up for their first race months ago, but as race day gets closer, they realize: “I don’t think I can finish the swim.” My heart goes out to them. I’ll do everything…
When I was teaching Week 4 of my Monday night triathlon swimming class for the Chicago Triathlon Club, I had a swimmer ask me why she felt slower after we had started to rework her timing, balance, and vessel shape. I’ve introduced the Total Immersion Perpetual Motion Freestyle stroke drills…
Chicago Blue Dolphins had its best finish at a State Meet ever this weekend, 5th Place, at the Illinois Masters State Meet at the Kishwaukee YMCA in DeKalb. Two other notables for now are Eric Nilsson who took the Men’s High Point trophy for the 18-24 Age Group and Tim Carlson who…
Team Captain, Tim Carlson, made the Top 10 in the World for Men Ages 30-34 in 5 Short-Course Meters events in 2009: 100m Breast — 8th Place (1:03.05) 200m Breast — 2nd Place (2:17.92) 100m Fly — 5th Place (0:55.11) 100m IM — 5th Place (0:57.34) 200m IM — 2nd…
And speaking of competitions… The Kishwaukee YMCA in DeKalb, site of the 2008 ILMSA State Meet, won the bid again to host the 2010 State Meet. The meet will take place on April 23-25, 2010 (start getting your entry cards ready now!). There was a big push to get the…
In keeping with the discussion on the technical swim suits, here’s an article from the November 3rd “Wall Street Journal,” Some Aging Competitors Call High-Tech Swimsuits Dirty Pool. It kind of rehashes a lot of the discussion that we’ve already heard over the past year or so, but it’s a…
As I was digging myself out of an email blizzard after being gone for a couple of weeks, I found this message from Rules Committee Chair, Kathy Casey on the USMS policy on swimming suits. If you own a racing suit, take a gander at the note below. You can…
This year, we had 5 men and 2 women compete and finish the late summer Ironman races, Ironman Canada (08/30/09), Ironman Louisville (08/30/09), and Ironman Wisconsin (09/13/09). We’ve listed the athletes, their total times, and their overall or age-group places below. IM Canada: Ruth Meade, 1495th place, 13:30:01 …
Five CBD members went all the way to Australia last weekend to race in the ITU World Triathlon Championships. In the Sprint Age-Group race, Steve Johnson (1:01.39) took a Silver Medal in the 30-34 Age Group. Scott Michalik (1:08.25) took 41st in the 30-34 Age Group. Angie Koch (1:17.55) took…
We had a great turnout for the Big Shoulders 2.5 and 5K open water swim this past Saturday September 12th. In the 5K division, we had 12 swimmers compete and we had 4 swimmers place in the top 50 overall — Tim Carlson (13, 1:01.02), Justin Chiles (18, 1:02.03), Rob…
