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BREAKING NEWS: Eamon Sullivan Strips Again!

Eamon Sullivan just loves prancing around in his underwear.  And all I can say "THANK GOD".  Here is some news and a new pix from the ongoing ad campaign:

THEY'RE no longer an item but Olympic swimmers Stephanie Rice and Eamon Sullivan can still strip down to their undies for some fun.

They also laughed their way through a game of Twister, which they hope fans will join in at Bondi Beach on Saturday. with action from the event being included in the latest TV campaign. - source

We Are The Wildcats & Can Be Puke Harder Then Auburn!

Another version of swimming, gatorade and puking.  Go Wildcats!

Swimming Videos on Floswimming

Dara Torres "My Fitness RX"

 

photos from http://twitter.com/daratorresswims

Go The Distance: Yardage So Far For 2009

JAN Yardage:  64,450

FEB Yardage: 49,950

MAR Yardage: 63,000

APR Yardage: 53,300

MAY Yardage:  38,875

JUNE Yardage:  31,450

JULY Yardage: 35,850

AUGUST Yardage:  55,375

Hmmm....so this gives me YTD at 392,250 but for some reason I have as a running total of 407,775.  So I guess a workout or two or three is missing from a couple of monthly totals.  Since this is only for fun I'll go with 392,250 as my sorta official YTD Yardage total.

Don't even ask about my Long Course Meters...

Season 8 The Biggest Loser Preview

AQUAview: Michael Phelps

Double Double Monday

Due to the fires the air quality in LA is bad so our coach cut us a break today and gave the easiest workout in the history of my swimming.  Okay so maybe that is a bit of a hyperbole but it was easy.  So since I felt like I needed to be pushed I swam both the 6am and 7:15 am workouts.

Warm Up

350 Swim

4x75's Kick (300/650)

4x100's 50 Drill / 50 Swim (One Arm, Turn on 3, Finger Tip Drag, Fist) (400/1050)

400 Pull (400/1450)

4x200's taking 15 seconds rest in between / rotating a 50 back from the beginning to the end (50back/150free, 50 free/50back/100free, 100 free/50back/50free, 150free/50back) (800/2250)

50 easy (50/2350)

Then we did 4x25's back drills.  1 with a penny on the forehead, 1 left arm, 1 right arm, 1 1/2 right / 1/2 left (100/2450)

4x100's 15 seconds rest / rotating a 25 free from beginning to end (same pattern as the 200's but more back this time) (400/2850)

6x25's odds free / evens stroke (150/3000)

Warm Up Again

350 (odd that both times I only to to the 350 of the 400) (350/3350)

4x75's kick (300/3650)

i took a pee break so this time

3x100's 50 Drill / 50 Swim (One Arm, Turn on 3, Finger Tip Drag, Fist) (300/3950)

450 Pull (it was to be a 400 but we all lost count) (450/4400)

4x200's taking 15 seconds rest in between / rotating a 50 back from the beginning to the end (50back/150free, 50 free/50back/100free, 100 free/50back/50free, 150free/50back) (800/5200)

Then we did 4x25's back drills.  1 with a penny on the forehead, 1 left arm, 1 right arm, 1 1/2 right / 1/2 left (100/5300)

4x100's 15 seconds rest / rotating a 25 free from beginning to end (same pattern as the 200's but more back this time) (400/5700)

10x25's odds free / evens stroke(250/5950)

Then we did 4x25's working on kicking and rotation.  (100/6050)

And that was it.  I haven't done a double in ages.  Even with an easy workout by the second round of 4x100's I was feeling it.  I enjoyed swimming in the sun for a change also as the sun is up and coming down during the 7:15 workout.  I'll have to attempt a few more doubles every so often.

MTD Yardage:  55,375

YTD Yardage:  407,775
YTD LCM 5,000

AQUAview: Frederick Bousquet

Sunday Gym Workout

After Saturday's early morning run it was time to get up early but this time only hit the gym.  It's another scorching hot day here in LA so I wanted to get inside the gym before it got too hot inside to workout.  Did only 10 minutes of cardio warm up on the cross ramp.  Then moved on to my typical circuit weight training.  Nothing to exciting to report.  Later on Amy and I headed to the WeHo Pool for her weekly lap swim.  I warmed up a 200 while she got her cap and goggles ready.  And that was all I swam.  I was going to swim afterwards but considering the dog jumped in the pool and swam 50 yards was a bit faster than those lap swimmers I figured I'd skip the frustration of catching up to the lap swimmers every 10 yards.

Ryan Lochte 50m underwater in 25 seconds!