1. From Athletics Weekly "10 things retired athletes know that active ones don’t." My favorite "10. Save some of all that free gear you constantly give away. It will end."
2. Rob of RobAquatics is at it again playing with new toys. This time Rob gets FINIS SwimSense and blogs about his swim in "I Can’t Be Sick… Not on New Gadget Day!"
3. The hard-hitting Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports on "Masters of the stroke…Welcome to the Montana Masters state swimming championships."
4. More FINIS! From The Finis Blog "Targeting Your Core for Open Water Performance…The idea that a strong core-body is essential to swimming is fairly common knowledge. Having strong core muscles aids swimmers in stabilizing their stroke, keeps the body in a hydrodynamic position, and achieves optimal body rotation."
5. Trisports.com review the blueseventy PZ3TX and they think it's fast!
6. The Australian report that "Eamon Sullivan pins hopes on 100m freestyle title…FORMER world record-holder Eamon Sullivan will do whatever it takes to be ready to defend his national 100m freestyle title from the fastest field assembled in Australia - including sticking needles in himself."
7. Perth Now reports "Swim champion Ian Thorpe claims he can go even faster…AN Thorpe is convinced after six months back in training that he can become a faster swimmer than he used to be. The five-time Olympic gold medallist is targeting a spot on Australia's team for next year's London Games after retiring from the sport in 2006."
8. Third and last FINIS mention for today, The FINIS Blog "Jason Lezak’s Favorite Training Tools." I keep looking at my future purchase of Zoomer Golds or Gold Zoomers so I keep finding stuff about FINIS products to post.
9. About.com looks at "Hydrophobia or Fear of the Water. Turn Hydrophobia Into a Powerful Motivator Rather Than a Painful Deterrent."
10. Great article over at Wayne Goldsmith Sports Coaching Brain "Sports Psychology: Integrating Mental Skills Training in Effective Coaching."
