Yearly Archives: 2020

12 posts

Holiday Greetings from the COB

I want to wish all of you and your loved ones in our extended TWIM family a joyous and safe holiday celebration! Yes, 2020 has been a challenge of biblical proportions on almost every level for all of us and we have seen a huge impact on our ability to […]

Trying Times…

Mid June, the 18th to be exact, was when I had had enough. I awoke that morning under some kind of anadromous spell and instinctively migrated to a local lake. Despite the water being an unseasonal 66 degrees, I gritted my teeth, removed my sweats, girded my loins and dove […]

USMS Member Resources (Covid-19 edition)

Greetings, all. Some of you may already be aware of the USMS Member Resources available to us in this strange day and age, but they bear repeating. Of interest are their dryland workouts updated every few days. Last workout published 2 days ago at the time of this writing. Stay […]

TWIM Success at First-Ever Viking Invitational Meet

Six TWIM swimmers and the new TWIM banner made their way north, on Sunday February 23, 2020, to compete in the first-ever Viking Invitational, hosted by Western Washington University Masters Swimming. The meet was held at Arne Hanna Aquatic Center in Bellingham, WA, which featured an excellent eight-lane, 25-yard pool […]

Starts and Turns with Coach Brad

On February 9, 2020,  TWIM and the Sammamish YMCA hosted a Starts and Turns clinic led by Coach Brad Hering. Brad, Head Coach of SWYM in Stanwood,  has devoted 27 years to coaching swimmers of all levels up to and including several Olympians, both in the US and internationally. Most […]