We Never Stop
We Never Stop
Sick of the gym? Summer offers a golden opportunity to get your workout in countless new ways in the great outdoors. Exercising outdoors not only improves physical fitness but also boosts mood, short-circuits stress, and provides a sense of overall well-being. Whether you’re into hiking, gardening, or sports, summer is the perfect time to let […]
You may not have seen the men’s 10,000-meter race at the Olympics but if you had you would have witnessed one of the more incredible physical achievements of these Games or any Olympics of all time. In these long races, which are diabolical 6.2 mile sprints, the fastest men are almost always from Kenya and […]
Nineteen years ago I sat at a New Jersey swimming meet and noticed a 12-year-old boy dive in the pool to do the 100-meter individual medley. Looked smooth and fast. Really fast. But this wasn’t altogether unusual. I saw dozens of really fast swimmers back then. Seriously, Jersey was – and still is — loaded […]
Here in America, we value persistence. If someone gets knocked around, rejected by a friend, fired from a job, or loses a swimming race, we want to see that person come back, keep trying, be resilient, and fine-tune their craft. That’s all there is, really, trying and trying again, working to get better no matter […]
One: What if Charles Hartley becomes a full-time SwimSwam correspondent instead of a once-every-four-years Johnny Come Hartley parachuting in to opine all about swimming only to find out others would rather he not be elevated to that position? What if USA Swimming has a problem with the decision? Two: What if the day before the […]
