Great article in October Triathlete Magazine on the growing use of kinesiology tape & how runners and triathletes use KT Tape to treat common injuries. http://bit.ly/1PptZf

I was wondering if anyone knew of a good distance swim program? I am planning on doing a 4.4mile open water swim in June 2010 and have had trouble finding a detailed training program. I have thought about equating a marathon running program by the following method: 1. Compute all training runs as a percentage of final race distance (i.e. 10miles/26.218miles = .38 or 38%)

Well, I've been swimming for about a year now and I'm not too bad at it, except for not being able to kick hard and fast. I can do a 50 in about 27sec., but that's without being able to kick fast, my arms do all the work. I've been looking online and asking my coach about the problem and everyone is telling me the same advice: hips up, butt out of water, and legs straight.

This is pretty interesting... “Before the race, the dogs’ metabolic makeup is similar to humans. Then suddenly they throw a switch — we don’t know what it is yet — that reverses all of that. In a 24-hour period, they go back to the same type of metabolic baseline you see in resting subjects. But it’s while they are running 100 miles a day.”

New edition provides nutritional strategies to improve performance in six endurance sports Boulder, CO, USA - April 6, 2007 - VeloPress is pleased to announce the publication of Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes, 2nd Ed., the latest book from nationally recognized sports nutritionist Monique Ryan. The book is now available in bookstores and from VeloGear.com.