From today's NY Times website.  This is a very cool analysis of the greatest swimming relay race of all time using groovy graphics to break it down.  I love technology.

I'm back into a heavy training rotation and feeling very strong after my recovery week.I rode 96 miles on Saturday and felt totally tapered.  Could have thrown down another 90 no problem.  Sunday I got back on the bike for a 5 hour climbing ride, taking on 3 of the harder long ascents in my area -- Topanga, Piuma and Read More

Best.  Relay.  Ever.  Supplants my memory of Bruce Hayes holding off Michael Gross of Germany in the final leg of the men's 4x200 free relay at the 1984 LA Olympics.No words to describe the superhuman performance of Jason Lezak, who split a mind-numbing 46.06 -- fastest 100 free relay split of all time.This is what the Olympics is all about, Read More

Reporting in with results from my lactate testing this past Tuesday.  Happy to report HUGE improvements in my aerobic capacity from my last test 3 months ago -- giant strides and a big confidence boost in my training program and I stare down at the last 3 months left before Ultraman.What is lactate testing?  Its basically a structured experiment whereby Read More

My favororite outspoken and colorful swimmer Gary Hall Jr. is now blogging for the LA Times.  Check out his first post here.At age 33, Gary was still in the hunt for a fourth Olympic berth, narrowly missing with his 21.91 50 freestyle attempt at Olympic Trials.  A time that would have won any previous Olympic Games and still landed him Read More

This is wild!  AFP is reporting that Japanese Olympic cyclist Tomohiro Nagatsuka plans to wear Speedo’s record-breaking LZR Racer swimwear beneath his track racing suit in his quest for a medal at the Beijing Games.Knee-length LZR shorts helped him slash his personal 250m record by about 0.2 seconds to 17.8 seconds in training, Nagatsuka told reporters, according to local media Read More

Check out this book review from the Sunday NY Times on "Off The Deep End: The Probably Insane Idea That I Could Swim My Way Through A Mid-Life Crisis -- and Qualify for the Olympics".W. Hodding Carter, a 45 yr old former Div III Champion in the 50 freestyle at Kenyon College just published a book about his seemingly insane Read More

I'm coming off a rest week cycle (13 hours of training last week as opposed to 25 hours the week prior) in my training for Ultraman and feeling quite good, although admittedly a but restless.  So counter-intuitive to "rest" when I only have 3 months of real training left before the event.  I feel like I need to be doing Read More

Check out this piece on Ian Crocker in today's NY Times.You gotta admit, this guy is COOL.  As much as I want to see Phelps bag 8 or 9 golds, there is something to be said for rooting for Crocker in the 100 fly...He's a real guy. “After the Olympics,” Crocker said, “the only questions you get asked by people are Read More

Check out this interesting article in today's LA Times on doping.  It offers a rather unique perspective from Mark Sisson, an incredible former marathoner and Ironman athlete who has served as Executive Director of the US Triathlon Federation and as Chairman of the ITU where he oversaw their anti-doping program.  I have had the pleasure of spending a bit of Read More