Two weeks to go! Who has made it this far? Have you had to take a week off? More? No problem. The end will be there when you get there.

We finally have something here we’ve never gotten before: a bunch of people posting swim videos of themselves, looking for instruction.

Computrainer is gone, the marine and aviation products are gone or soon will be, and Velotron is now on the block. Interested?

There were 17 Critique-my-fit threads on our forum in 2016. How come so few Critique-my-swim requests?

No more thought experiments. Now it’s just practicing the drills and themes that we learned during the first half of this challenge.

Tons of people make New Year’s resolutions – you know the type of people that I’m talking about, it’s usually the same person in your office who asks you, “What’s the secret to staying in shape?” When you reply that there is no secret, it’s just a long-term commitment to exercise and a healthy diet, they usually storm off in a huff because you won’t reveal what they are convinced is “the big secret.”

Are you able to perform one-arm pulls as described? If so, you are swimming hip-driven freestyle! Now let’s begin to focus on how you pull.

The power of the training enclave is huge; it’s how most of the world’s best athletes got to be good, and remain good.

Genetics wins when you’re 11. But the older you get the more genetics falls to the point of being an inconsequential factor.

You retain the vestigial behaviors from the time you were still struggling with learning to breathe to the side. Let’s deal with those.

It’s not just about learning good technique. A lot of late-onset triathletes quit because they never understand the Big Idea.

I have less confidence in today’s installment than any I’ve already written, or any that I’m going to write. But I rank this rather high.