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Thoughts on Swimming

Slowtwitch is lucky to have superswimmers in the community. One is Tim Liebhold, and he shares his tips for Adult Onset Swimmers

Bermuda Swimcation

I tend to travelogue our family Slowcations here, and here is our latest: open water swimming in Bermuda.

Guppy Challenge: Week 4

You retain the vestigial behaviors from the time you were still struggling with learning to breathe to the side. Let's deal with those.

Guppy Challenge: Week 2

Improving your hull is an exercise in 2 planes: feet on the surface (vertical plane); and feet moving forward, not side to side (horizontal plane).

Orthodoxy

What you demand is orthodoxy, whether you realize it or not. Except from your coach and fitter. Time to demand it here, too.

Chasing Ritch Viola of Every Man Jack

Ritch Viola is the creator of the Every Man Jack brand and after finishing second in his age group in Kona he finally agreed to an interview. This pursuit of Viola actually started more than three 3 years ago, but he always stated that he felt that many others would be more deserving.

Cam Wurf ain’t scared to throw down

At the 2017 IRONMAN World Championships most folks expected either Jan Frodeno, Sebastian Kienle or Lionel Sanders to reach T2 first, but it was Cam Wurf who put on quite a show there and broke the bike course record along the way.