Author: LifeSwim

Beginning tomorrow, Aug 19, 2015, Rebecca Westfall moves here coaching from Friday to Wednesday mornings. Andrew continues coaching on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, with all weekdays at Jewish Community Center, Charlotte St. until Labor Day. This Sunday we'll be at Biltmore Lake, 7a-830a! Bring a friend!

With beautiful weather and great race conditions, seven of your Asheville teammates enjoyed Lake Lure's 1 and 2-mile swims this past Saturday! Adrienne Kramer cranked out an astonishing 3 miles of butterfly, feeling great throughout! Nancy Stainback, Bill Pilmore and young Zachary Pulsifer all finished in the top 2 of their respective age-groups! Old folks … Continue reading Asheville Masters take Podium Finishes at Lake Lure Open Water! →

Lake Lure has their open water tomorrow (Saurday, 15th), 11am for 1-milers, 11:30am for the 2-milers. Come on out for a beautiful venue and event! Good racing and swimming to all our participants:) Sunday, we'll be at the Jewish Community Center for a 7am workout. Lanelines will now need to come out after EACH practice. … Continue reading Sat, Lake Lure…Sun, JCC ! →

Come see amazing feats of double arm daring! Adrienne Kramer will swim the 1-mile AND THE 2-mile events ALL BUTTERFLY! Two local swimming events we want you to be a part of... August 15th at Lake Lure, we have the 1-mile or 2-mile open water race, as part of the Hickory Nut Gap Olympiad. We'd … Continue reading Last day to SIGN UP for LAKE LURE, TODAY (12th) →

As per our contract with the City of Asheville, we are done at RecPark Pool as of last week, Aug 4th.  We understood them to offer this week, too, and we had the lifeguard and everything...but it is not to be, and we shall now be re-directed to the now familiar Jewish Community Center on … Continue reading Tuesdays are NOW at JCC, beginning tomorrow, Aug 11th →

If you would like to follow our long time teammate, Chris Lechner, 80+ miles across Lake Michigan, on his solo swim/sled pull, his GPS tracker can be seen here! He is roughly 80% done after almost 60 hours in the water!

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Excellent article in the WSJ this week! This sums up what we try to offer, week after week:) "In U.S. Masters Swimming, Training Is More Important Than the Race." by Kevin Helliker “Of the triathlon triumvirate [swimming, cycling and running], the Masters swim is my favorite. I really love the workouts,” says Ms. Melanie Webber,

Want a great workout in Asheville's only long course (50m) pool? Then come on out for the final two mornings at the City of Asheville's RecPark Pool, tomorrow and next Tuesday, 5:45am! There are usually 2 lanes set up for 50 meters, and the other 6 lanes are used for open water practice with real, … Continue reading Just 2 more RecPark Tuesdays! →

Two local swimming events are on the horizon and we want you to be a part of them! August 15th at Lake Lure, we have the 1-mile or 2-mile open water race, as part of the Hickory Nut Gap Olympiad. We'd love to have as many of you attend and swim, as possible! Next, your … Continue reading Local Swimming Events Just For YOU! →