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Schultz Swims to Personal Best in Tokyo

Schultz Swims to Personal Best in Tokyo

Blueseventy supported Modern Pentathlete, Sammy Schultz returned from Tokyo with a brilliant overall performance at her first Olympic Games. She set a new swim personal best time and successfully navigated one of the toughest ever show jumping courses that brought several other athletes to tears. Hear about competing for Team USA, and what the first thing she did was when she got home… Triathletes will be able to relate!   How do you reflect on your performance? I had different goals in each of the five events (fencing, swimming, equestrian, running, and shooting) and was pleased with how I was...

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Andy Horsfall-Turner’s key sets for Kona’s 3.8km

Andy Horsfall-Turner’s key sets for Kona’s 3.8km

British rising star, Andy Horsfall-Turner, recently picked up a £3000 ($4200) pay cheque for setting a new course record at the Outlaw Triathlon. In only his second ever long-distance race, he set a stunning time of 8:26:27. Now he’s targeting the Kona swim course record and a top Age Group finish on the Big Island. He’s shared some of his goals and swim training plans with us.  There’s $2000 on offer to any Blueseventy sponsored athlete breaking the Kona swim course record. Having recovered from the Outlaw, Andy has now got his eye on Jan Sibbersen’s Kona swim course record...

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Sammy Schultz Balances Five Sports All the Way to Tokyo

Sammy Schultz Balances Five Sports All the Way to Tokyo

Samantha Schultz Achterberg, or Sammy Schultz, is a Colorado Springs based Modern Pentathlete getting ready for the Olympics. If you thought training for the three triathlon disciplines was challenging, hear how Sammy balances training for five – swimming, running, shooting, fencing and show jumping. Sammy has been wearing Blueseventy race and practice swimwear since 2012 and we can’t wait to cheer her on in Tokyo!   How did you get into Pentathlon?Growing up in Colorado, I always did a lot of different sports including skiing, tennis, swimming, soccer, gymnastics, hunting with my family and I loved horses. When I learned...

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What does it take to win Kona?

What does it take to win Kona?

New Zealand Ironman champion, Braden Currie is putting his faith and Kona swim preparation in the hands of an 83-year-old Aussie legend, John Rodgers, more commonly known as ‘JR’ to help prepare him for the Big Island in October. The Currie family of four have settled into a twelve-week training camp in Noosa, Australia to get away from the New Zealand winter and target some specific performance improvements. But what role does an 83 year-old guru have? Swim performance is a focal point for Braden’s training block in Noosa, and JR has coached the very best, including Jan Frodeno and...

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Is it Possible to Swim Breaststroke in a Wetsuit?

Is it Possible to Swim Breaststroke in a Wetsuit?

Well, the answer really is that ‘it depends’. Swimming breaststroke in a wetsuit is different. This is what many of us have discovered as a result of pools being closed and taking to open waters instead.   Wearing neoprene keeps us warm and enables us to swim in colder water, but the buoyancy created by wetsuits stops the natural undulation of breaststroke and causes ankles to pop out of the surface of the water when trying to kick. This is even more exacerbated in salt water.   High level coach and super-swimmer, Andrew Horsfall-Turner* explains why:   “Breaststroke is difficult...

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