Ryan Lochte Swimming

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Monday, June 3, 2013

Kelli Anderson Sports Illustrated Article About Ryan

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20130603/missy-franklin-ryan-lochte-santa-clara-grand-prix/

Or, say, 28 -- like another Olympic celebrity Ryan Lochte. To hear him tell it, Lochte's immersion in the post-Olympic high life nearly sank his career. After returning from London with five medals, including two golds, he hit the talk show, photo shoot and red-carpet circuits; canoodled with childhood crush Carmen Electra; made cameos on 30 Rock and Beverly Hills 90210; and starred in his own reality TV show, What Would Ryan Lochte Do?, which recently aired on E! to mixed reviews.

"You name it, I did it," said Lochte as he sat on a bench outside the swim center's office after winning the 400 IM and the 200 back on Saturday. "After the Olympics, I wasn't swimming, I was doing all this other stuff that most people only dream about doing. I was partying, hitting red carpets, and being a celeb. I was meeting all these people and I was like, 'Man, this is awesome!' Why would I want to go back and train for three four hours every day when I'm living the life? You get sucked into that lifestyle. It takes over, just like that."

Lochte, who had never taken a significant break from swimming, says the pool was barely a thought for several months. "There were a few times this year when I said, I don't want to swim anymore. I'm done," he says. When he did finally show up to practice at the University of Florida, his coach, Gregg Troy, spelled out his diminishing prospects. "He said, 'You're not going to be remembered in the next couple years if you keep this up, you're not going to make the Olympic team,'" says Lochte. "Once he started talking about my dreams, I was like, crap, I don't want to be one of those guys, ten years down the road who is saying, what if I had just stuck with it?"

Even after that gut check, Lochte's training was interrupted by other commitments, including his eight-week reality TV shoot and the ensuing promotional tour, which included trips to New York, LA, and Miami. The fact that the show has not been met with universal acclaim -- even Troy, who is not a fan of reality TV in general, admits he only watched ten minutes of the first episode -- doesn't faze Lochte. "I hear people loving it and I hear haters -- oh my god, what a waste of time!" says Lochte. "But you know what, I'm living my life the way I want to live it. I'm okay. I was having fun doing that show. But I know I'm an athlete, not an actor."

With that adventure behind him, Lochte cancelled all his commitments and "turned down a lot of money," he says, in the last five weeks to focus on training. "I've probably put in the best four or five weeks of my life," he says. It paid off in Santa Clara: In addition to wins in the 400m individual medley, the 200m back, the 100m fly, and the 200m IM, Lochte claimed second in the 100m free, just behind Olympic champ Nathan Adrian. He says he doesn't know what he'll be swimming at the world championship trials in Indianapolis June 25-29, but its unlikely he'll do both the 400m IM and the 100m fly, which are scheduled back-to-back on Day 3.

However Lochte fares in Indy and at the Worlds in Barcleona later this summer, he'll be making changes in the fall. After 11 years in Gainesville, he's moving -- he won't say where to -- to get a different kind of training. He'll keep a place in town so he can still train with Troy on occasion. "I've already talked to him and he's okay with it," says Lochte. "Instead of being full time with him, I'm going to be going other places and doing other things."

In the next three years, he promises, those "other things" won't exclude training. "I don't know what to expect this summer because my training has not been there," he says. "So I'm taking what I can get. It's a learning experience. Living the celeb life has been fun, but I don't think I can do it full time again."

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Event Order at US Nationals/Worlds Trials - June 25 to 29, 2013

Ryan's potential events are in yellow. There are a couple of tough possible doubles. He'll definitely have to choose between the 400 IM and the 100 fly. Having won the past 2 world championships & the Olympic championship in the 400 IM, I hope he chooses that event.

Day 1 (Tuesday, June 25)

200 fly
100 free
800 free (W)
1500 free (M)
4 x 100 free relay

Day 2 (Wednesday, June 26)

200 free
200 breast
200 back
50 fly
4 x 200 free relay (M)

Day 3 (Thursday, June 27)

400 IM
100 fly
50 breast
50 back
4 x 200 free relay (W)

Day 4 (Friday, June 28)

400 free
100 breast
100 back
4 x 100 medley relay

Day 5 (Saturday, June 29)

1500 free (W)
200 IM
800 free (M)
50 free

Santa Clara Results

100m Fly - 1st

400m IM - 1st

100m free - 2nd

200m back - 1st

Monday, May 27, 2013

Santa Clara GP - Ryan is entered in 9 events including the 400m IM

Psych sheet is here: Psych Sheet

Ryan's events:

100m Free - Event 4 (Friday)
400m Free - Event 8 (Friday)
100m Fly - Event 10 (Friday)

400m IM - Event 14 (Saturday)
200m Free - Event 16 (Saturday)
200m Back - Event 18 (Saturday)

100m Breast - Event 26 (Sunday)
100m Back - Event 28 (Sunday)
200m IM - Event 30 (Sunday)

I think he'll scratch at least one event each day. My guess is he'll scratch the 400m Free, 200m Back and 100m Breast. Just hope he doesn't scratch the 400m IM.