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	FITNESS
	USMS Fitness Events —— The USMS Fitness Committee is planning some fun, challenging events for this year. These events will be less competitive in nature, and can be done any time at any pool. You can use an event to set a goal, which will make your time in the pool more interesting, challenging, and fun. Your goals may involve any number of possibilities, such as learning to swim a new stroke, swimming faster, swimming greater distances, or logging your distance over time. Having a goal is an ideal way to enhance your exercise and fitness experience, so consider trying one of the USMS Fitness Events.

	Check-Off Challenge The objective of this event is to challenge yourself by making a check list and swimming each of 18 swimming events found in pool competition. The participating swimmer will get a T-shirt in advance, which will list the 18 swimming events on the back. These events will include: 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 400 or 500 free, 800 or 1000 free, 1500 or 1650 free, 50 back, 100 back, 200 back, 50 breast, 100 breast, 200 breast, 50 fly, 100 fly, 200 fly, 100 IM, 200 IM, 400 IM. As you swim the events, simply check them off on the back of the T-shirt using an indelible marker. You can swim them during practice, during a swim meet, during an organized open water event, or during an organized open water training session -- any time, any place, at your own pace! Noblesville Adult Swim Team, Inc. (NASTI) of Noblesville, IN is hosting this year's events. Shirts will be mailed at the end of December for entries received by December 15, 2007, so that swimmers will receive them at the beginning of the new year. A second mailing will occur in mid-March, 2008, for entries received by February 28, 2008. Additional mailings may occur as needed. More information/entry form Due to popular demand, the USMS fitness event "Go the Distance" (GTD) is being offered again by the USMS Fitness Committee in 2008! Please read the event announcement details (PDF file). The objective of this event is for participants to track the distance they swim during the calendar year. When participants achieve specific distance milestones ranging from 50 miles through 1500 miles they will be recognized on the USMS website and awards will be available for purchase (for a minimal fee). Please click here for more details.
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		7 Habits of Fitness Swimmers Fun with Numbers Biggest Losers Vitamin D deficiency Triathletes joining Masters 30-minute Fitness Challenge From Therapy to a World Record Refining Island Hopping Sports Psychology Life in the Slow Lane Angels in the Ocean Age Grading USOTC--Out of Focus View Team N.E.D., Indeed A Change of Season Lane Etiquette Small Fish, Big Pond Championship Odyssey I Championship Odyssey II Sleep Is Your Suit a Drag? Resistance: Off the Wall Drills Caffeine Revisited My First Meet Hydration Revisited Vitamins Virtual Swim Highlights	Training Alone in Lap Swim Osteoporosis Dry Land Training Building Core Strength Dietary Supplements Try and Never Fail Flu Season Fitness to Competition How to Stay Motivated It's All in the Details Feeding an Olympian Periodization Bridging the Miles The "R" in Fit-R I Don't Have a Pool! PNA Fitness Clinic Notes Sun Savvy Stress Matters Recovery: It Really Works Why Am I So Tired? Fast Food, etc. Spudly to Studly Training Cycles Endurance Event Training No Pain, No Gain Swimming and Pregnancy Play with Your Routine Write Your Own Practice