by Pete Caragher Director, Flying Fish Aquatics In addition to raising critical funds for the YWCA, the swim marathon is an annual measure of how all of our swimmers are progressing. When preparing daily for practice and placing swimmers within practice groups from season to season, it is necessary for us to see, on an… Continue Reading Why is the swim marathon mandatory?
by Lisa Altenbernd, Flying Fish Parent from February 2015 To paraphrase from the book “First Marathons,” a swimmer’s first marathon will forever be imprinted in the mind. At least in the mind of their parent. I remember my daughter’s first swim marathon 5 years ago when she out swam her coach goal by 36 lengths,… Continue Reading The blissful ignorance of a swim parent
by Nancy Anderson, Flying Fish Coach I read somewhere that you should pay attention to the things that make you cry – the things that unexpectedly give you a lump in your throat – because they tell you something about yourself and what makes you tick. For me, many such moments have occurred on the… Continue Reading The swim marathon makes me cry
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