Sentences with phrase «of swimmers about»

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Brian Gettelfinger, an accomplished swimmer, swam through about 600 pounds of a syrup substitute — an edible thickener called guar gum — using backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle.

His other books included a volume of novellas, «The River Swimmer»; the poetry collections «Songs of Unreason» and «Returning to Earth»; and a memoir about food, «The Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand.»

In case you haven't caught the latest news story about the incident involving Olympic swimmers in Rio, here's the gist of it — Lochte told the Today Show that he and three of his teammates were robbed at gunpoint after they went out for a night on the town.

Top of mind, of course, is U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte, who has yet to be punished for fabricating a story about a robbery at gunpoint.

«In Rio we had a conversion rate of about 30 per cent in terms of the number of swimmers that swum their best times there rather than at the trials.

With a dominant win in the men's 200 IM on Thursday, Michael Phelps became the first men's swimmer to win an individual gold medal in a single event in three consecutive Olympics, and likely ended for good any discussion about whether he or Ryan Lochte is the star of London.

She will talk about growing up following the career of another former Carondelet and Terrapins swimmer turned Olympic gold medalist, Natalie Coughlin.

You can read about stroke technique or watch videos of swimmers from the comfort of a dry living room, but it won't prepare you for that first time water goes up your nose, or a wave pushes you under.

All that time this past summer we got to learn about little Brock Turner, Stanford - student - star - swimmer - future - amazing - human - being - who's - really - just - a-rapist, had me shuddering to think of what my daughter will face during her college years.

Swim advisories were issued Sunday at 10 Lake Michigan beaches because of high levels of E. coli bacteria, but swimmers at one beach weren't properly alerted for about two hours and lifeguards there said they weren't aware of the warning.

Paid admission of about 700 swimmers a day should ensure the park breaks even each year, officials said.

But remember that the bans, while annoying to swimmers, are important mostly for the potential warnings they bring about the overall health of this region's most precious natural resource, the lake.

During that week, 316 people participated in daily lap swimming before 9 a.m., and about 70 percent of the swimmers were 55 or older.

«It is unbelievable how far Joliet is behind,» Schultz said after seeing hundreds of swimmers using the Bolingbrook pool about 1 p.m. that day.

When I wrote this post about that, the mom of one of my former swimmers sent me a message and offered to teach Number 4 to knit over Christmas vacation.

It pumps 20 liters (about 5.3 gallons) of seawater and plankton per second through a «light tight» collection chamber large enough to capture even fast swimmers and keep them inside long enough for the device's fiber - optic instruments to record and measure, in photons per liter, the size, duration, and number of an organism's flashes.

Lunocet swimmers have already hit about eight miles per hour, almost twice the speed of Michael Phelps at his fastest

In my next post, I'll discuss more about how athletes of all types, especially runners, bikers, and swimmers, can benefit from and help stay pain - free with yoga.

It's actually quite rare to meet a triathlete, marathoner, cyclist or swimmer who truly includes each of the elements you're about to learn in their weekly routine.

We don't talk about recovery enough, especially considering it's one of the most important elements of healthy exercise for everyone — runners, bodybuilders, swimmers, etc..

Hi, I'm a seasonal swimmer for my school and I've been out of season for about 4 months.

To learn more about the benefits of dryland training for a swimmer's body check out this article.

Often our swimmers want to improve times by focusing on power of their stroke or kick, altogether forgetting about the time they actually spend cutting through the water in the streamline position.

I'm a competitive swimmer so I do about 2 - 4 hours of cardio (swimming) daily, however I can't shed those stubborn pounds, twice a week we do weights I've been looking at what you do and I've been trying to figure out how i would incorporate how you take your pills into my schedule, I could definietly fast before my morning practice and take the Phoenix at lunch but before my second practice, how long before it should i stop eating to consider it fasting?

Last year, I posted about one of my favourite swimmers from ASOS — a tropical print one and again, this year, that's still one of my favourites.

We were told that even the best of swimmers drown here, a fair warning to everyone about the strength of Nacpan's waves.

Any swimmer will tell you about the black line on the bottom of every pool... the line that we follow day after day.

I knew about the pressure of sports performance because I swam every morning and every night for years as part of a group of swimmers who might make it to international events.

In Swimming in the Sink, Lynne Cox, an open - water swimmer who set the world record for swimming across the English Channel at the age of 15, writes about how personal tragedy and a diagnosis of broken heart sydrome almost destroyed her life and her love of swimming.

As in all the best narrative nonfiction, the story moves in time, portraying the lives of the swimmers and providing vivid detail about the era.

Along with her personal journey, she offers a quick trip through the history of swimming, with fascinating tidbits about swimmers of old and their modern counterparts.

Swimmer Boy is a story about friendship and the kind of love that is found in the most unlikely places...

There is a lot of misinformation out there about Marine Stingers, Irukandji and Jelly fish on the Great Barrier Reef so we have had Dr Lisa - Anne Gershwin a Senior Marine Stinger Adviser put down in her own qualified words the real risks, potential and probability of danger when swimming on the Great Barrier Reef from November to May each year and the precautions you should be aware of to lessen your chances of being that one in a million swimmers getting stung.

East London is all about its long, white stretches of sandy beach that appeal to surfers, swimmers and sun worshippers alike.

As soon as the sampling results are available, we share them with the public so that swimmers, surfers, and beach - goers have access to timely information about the safety of recreating at their local beaches.

 Since moving to Bali June 2004 nearly 1000 articles and TV news stories about his swimming efforts to improve the lives of others have appeared in national and international media, including hundreds of articles and videos on the worldwide net — every news story speaks about the American ocean swimmer who lives on the resort island of Bali.

Ask your guide about the strength of the current at the time you are there, and let the guide know if you are not a good swimmer or have any disability.

There are plenty of activities going on here for kids and families, from volleyball games and scavenger hunts to dance parties and bingo games.One of the nice things about this resort is that the beach is in a sheltered cove, so it doesn't get the strong waves you encounter at some resorts around the island, making it a particularly good choice for families with younger kids or inexperienced swimmers.

The beaches are quite wild and have pounding surf and black sand and can be a little treacherous for inexperienced swimmers, however one is never far away from a swimming pool at the residence, plus the more swimmer friendly beaches of Kuta and Seminyak with life guards are just a ten minute drive away, or can alternatively be reached on foot, since the beach is in fact just one very, very long one than goes uninterrupted all the way to the airport, which in turn can be driven to from Berawa Beach Residence in a matter of about forty minutes.Berawa is a very easy and likable place to live in due to the friendly neighbors and lovely neighborhoods.

They are very fast swimmers, reaching speeds of up to 29 miles per hour, averaging about 100 miles per day, which is one of the reasons these dolphins don't do well in captivity.Dolphins have a unique adaptation called echolocation.

They are very fast swimmers, reaching speeds of up to 29 miles per hour, averaging about 100 miles per day, which is one of the reasons these dolphins don't do well in captivity.

From pictures of senior middle school students in China carrying out military training and swimmers about to embark on a triathlon to an aerial view of a glacial river in Iceland and camels walking in a line along a famous beach in Australia — each one is as stunning as the last.

As a swimmer, though, I identify with this painting, and I asked Eisenman about the pseudo-intimate nature of swimming like this with a bunch of folks, sometimes strangers and sometimes teammates.

«The Surfrider Foundation has been working for decades to warn surfers and swimmers about the health risks of swimming in polluted water,» says Surfrider Foundation Environmental Director Chad Nelsen.

McCree had some more to say about the photo incident in his answer to the latest pending complaint, contending that «the image was no more «nude» than the photos of Olympic swimmers Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte which appeared in the media worldwide on an almost daily basis during the summer of 2012.»

The great thing about the swimmer is its waterproof rating makes it able to be submerged in up to three feet of water without suffering any damage.

They are employed by spas and clubs as well as contractors on the beach to look out for the security of the swimmers in the area and to educate them about safety issues and other precautions.

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Boy that rapes but gets off because hes a swimmer do nt see no big deal about having sex with an unconscious girl he stumbles on, or one that drinks and drives and kills two people gets probation because hes only 15 and first time offender only to break probation and continue to drink and not see an issue with that behavior or have empathy or remorse, or value the lives of others.