Welcome to Episode #316 of the 303 Endurance Podcast. You are listening to your weekly connection to coaches, experts, and pro athletes to help you reach your endurance goals. We're your hosts coach Rich Soares and 303 Chief Bill Plock.  Thanks for joining us for another week of endurance interviews and discussion.

 

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In Today's Show

• Feature Interview and Discussion
• • Two reflections on the past
  • Late Terry Laughlin on swimming technique; his contribution to the sport
  • Bill's and my top 3 favorite interviews of 2021 and why
• Endurance News
• • Couples Pro Triathlon in March - I did not know most of the pairs
  • Endurance Exchange March 3-5
• What's new in the 303
• • USA Triathlon To Invest $100,000-Plus To Drive Youth Participation
  • Khem tops Mt Kilimanjaro
  • NevaRest About Us | NevaRest (livenevarest.com)

 

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Feature Interview/Discussion

This holiday weekend we are reflecting on the year and the incredible guests we have had on the show. In a few minutes we are going to share an interview that we did with the late Terry Laughlin who we want to remember for his contributions to the sport of swimming.

 

Terry Laughlin, who developed a popular method of swimming instruction that emphasized form over speed to help thrashing swimmers learn to glide through the water, died on Oct. 20 2017 in Albany a the age of 66 of metastatic prostate cancer.

 

Reflecting on our guest this year, Bill and I have picked out our top 3 guest of 2021 and why it made a particularly strong impression. We'd like to hear from you as well!  Be sure to comment on this weekend's post with your fa