Posts about the competitions that our members attend (US Masters, Triathlons, Marathons, Open Water Swims)
Every parent dreams of their child being safe, confident, and capable in the water. But how can your child’s swim journey take her from those very first splashes to gliding across the pool—or even competing on a swim team? At Chicago Blue Dolphins, we’ve built a step-by-step pathway that takes…
Not all triathletes start from the same place. Some are lifelong swimmers; others are still figuring out how to stay relaxed in the water. That’s why a one-size-fits-all swim plan rarely works. Instead, a good training program should have a triathlon swim training level appropriate to where you are today…
Every swimmer has different swim training focus at a given time — some want to refine their stroke technique, others want to build endurance, and some are training to swim faster for competition. The key to getting the results you want is matching your current swim training focus to your…
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…
