Day Twelve of Swim Shop’s Olympic Sale: Extra Day to Save on Great Open-Water Book/DVD Deal

PHOENIX, Arizona, August 20. THE men take to the water in the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park for their first race in the inaugural Olympic 10K swimming race. We didn't want the men to get the short stick, so we're giving you another day to save on the great open-water deal we gave you yesterday to celebrate the women's event.

You only have until 11:59 p.m. Mountain Stadard Time to purchase the "Lane Lines to Shore Lines" DVD, "Open Water Swimming" book and "History of Open-Water Marathon Swimming" book for only $59.45. That's 30 percent off the retail price of $84.90!

"Lane Lines to Shore Lines" covers an array of topics that will get you out of the pool and into the open water with the physical skills, techniques and mental confidence you need for enjoyable and efficient open water swimming. For newbies, Lane Lines to Shore Lines will strip away whatever fears you may have about the open water and guide you step by step towards that feeling of liberation and exhilaration shared by so many other open water swimmers. For the more seasoned, Lane Lines to Shore Lines will teach you the strategies and tactics that can lead you to the next level of performance and give you a competitive race day edge.

"Open Water Swimming" provides the stroke drills, sample workouts, and training plans aspiring open water swimmers need to succeed. More than 120 photos and illustrations make the instructions and techniques easy to follow.

"History of Open-Water Marathon Swimming" is packed with swims and swimmers galore, swims you couldn't imagine, swim you've heard about but didn't believe, and swims that have been forgotten and why. The swims that won the Congressional Medal of Honor are covered. The first Chesapeake Bay swim, the first Boston Light swim, the first Manhattan marathon swim, the first Alcatraz swim, the first Long Island Sound swim, the first Potomac swim, the first swim by an American in the Thames and the first competition ever held in the Thames, the first swim across the Baltic Sea, the first swim from Montauk to Watch Hill across Block Island Sound, the first swim to Block Island, the first swim across the Messina Straits, the first swim across the Mersey, the first swim across Gibraltar Straits, the first swim down the length of the Bosporus, the first swim across the Gulf of Finland, and the first swim ever recorded in a newspaper as well as the first swim every cancelled due to pollution.

To purchase this three-pack combo, click here. If you're a premium member, be sure to log in to your account to get an extra 10 percent off this offer. This special ends at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Standard time.

And don't forget, each order in the Swim Shop comes with a free pair of View Shinari goggles, valued at $13. We now have two goggle colors left: smoke and red. To choose your color, enter it in the "Free goggles color/Team Name" field when you enter your billing information. If you don't choose a color, one will be selected at random.

This free goggles deal does not apply to new or renewal magazine subscriptions purchased in the Swim Shop, or for online premium subscription purchases.

Every order from a representative of a USA Swimming club or high school in the United States placed between now and Aug. 22 will be put in a drawing to win a free record board from Athletic Record Boards, valued up to $2,500! View record board samples at www.athleticrecordboards.com.

To enter this drawing, enter your team or high school name in the "Free goggles color/Team Name" field when you enter your billing information. Sorry, no summer league, university teams or clubs outside the United States are eligible.

Void outside the 50 United States. No purchase necessary to enter or win. Sweepstakes begins Aug. 7, 2008, and ends August 22, 2008. Entries must be received by 11:59 pm, MST., on August 22, 2008. To enter without purchase, send an email to jeffc@swimmingworldmagazine.com with the subject line "Record board contest." Please include your name, address, phone number and the name of your club team or high school in the email.

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