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KEEPING TRADITION ALIVE WITH THE ONE HOUR SWIM The hour swim is the most popular USMS Postal Event offered each year with thousands of people taking part. It basically consists of a swimmer, a counter and a lane to yourself. You swim as far as you can in one hour. While many of us groan when we do 30 minute or 2000 yard swims in practice, we still turn out well for this swim every year. The one hour swim is a great opportunity to set a pace for yourself and challenge yourself to hold it. On the surface it may seem boring, but it is actually a very engaging event. You focus on walls and turns, think about stroke count and pace and find that an hour goes by quickly when you are pushing yourself through this challenge. You find your inefficiencies very quickly and are able to try to maintain all the things that coach Wendy has been telling us, good streamlines, keep your core tight, head in line with your spine, no breathing off the walls. All these things, while important in any race, really add up in a one hour swim. The one hour swim is also a great opportunity to chart your progress (or how well you are holding off the decline) each year. In meet events, you can have good or bad races, but the one hour swim is a pretty clear indicator of your current level of conditioning. Many swimmers also find that because of the extended opportunity to feel the water in a race-like atmosphere, you notice how the race improves your practices in the following week. Of course, anything at practice feels easily after you have swum hard for an hour straight! Federal Way Kings came together to swim the 30th annual one hour swim on Sunday, January 14, 2007. Wendy made arrangements to make KCAC available and it was a solid turnout of swimmers that took advantage of it. The first wave of swimmers started their hour at 11:30, while the other swimmers counted for them. An hour later, the swimmers and the counters traded places and the second wave started at 12:40. The day was sunny and the swims were solid. Many swimmers had their best distances every. Individual entries will be sent in as scored by March 9, 2007. Many swimmers sent their entries into PNA as well where they are combined with others into men’s, women’s and mixed relays to be sent in and scored. Congratulations to all who participated:
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Copyright (c) 2007 Federal Way Masters.
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