Fairfax Corner is an excellent venue for weekend morning races, rides and other events. Before shoppers arrive, the central plaza in front of the movie theater and around the corner from the Potomac River Running store makes packet pick-up easy and convenient to plenty of parking. The Potomac River Running shop also has any last…
Continue readingLocal Swim phenom and collegiate swimmer Ryan Gerwig will be taking over for “Coach Katie” at the early morning Masters Swim practices starting this month at Worldgate Sport & Health in Herndon, Virginia. Unlike his predecessor, Coach Ryan will be an “on-deck coach.” Gerwig will not be participating in the workouts. Instead, he will be…
Continue readingTriathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau was again published in the December, 2007 Newsletter of the USMS Potomac Valley Masters Swimming Newsletter. https://www.pvmasters.org/~newsletter/Dec-07/Dec07.htm The Newsletter of the Potomac Valley Masters (the Regional Governing body for the United States Masters Swimming or “USMS”), is called “The Swimmers Ear.” Landau, who had previously written about the United States…
Continue readingSeveral local masters swimmers got a “cool down” of a different sort this summer when they were charged with “illegal swimming.” While many of us could be cited for “inefficient strokes,” chided for “cheating on the lane lines” or even penalized for “unnecessary roughness,” few Potomac Valley USMS members think about “jail time” in the…
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