Thursday, March 8, 2012

VIP access to Olympic Park! Wahoo!

Dear Swimmers

Hope all is well over there in Perth - it's bloomin' freezing over here in the UK right now!

Well we had a real treat yesterday, courtesy of Colin Hill, Swim Smooth fan and event director of the 10km Open Water Swimming Event at the London 2012 Olympics in Hyde Park - VIP access and tour of Olympic Park and the new 50m Olympic Pool! It was sensational!


We attended as Colin's guests for the morning heats of the Olympic Trials and watched some of the Brits knock out some seriously quick 100m freestyle times - Aussies, watch out!


The facility is amazing with polished concrete diving platforms (here's Adam with Colin):


...and here's Adam trying to gain a sense of what it will be like for Michael Phelps / Becky Addlington et al. to be waiting in the Final Call room immediately before heading out onto the pool deck to rapturous applause - we got goose bumps just being in this off-limits room!


...I couldn't contain my excitement, so here's a video clip showing you the pool from the stands:



If you cannot see the video player above, check it out directly at YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvTKr9K-u8k

And if you're keen to see two short video clips on the HUUB wetsuits that we've helped design and test, check out:



If you cannot see the video player above, check it out directly at YouTube:

http://youtu.be/KHAUxJk2nYI

And the female suit at:



If you cannot see the video player above, check it out directly at YouTube:

http://youtu.be/YPHfukQGq4w

We're now up in bonny Scotland and it's just started snowing - lovely!

See you soon!

Paul

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