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    Jim and Gerry welcome back strength coach Erin Carson to the show to speak this time about swim specific strength work.  She offers here free app to our listeners found at www.ecfitboulder.com.  After the chat with Erin, Gerry and Jim go into the results of Oceanside 70.3 swim and the successes of the Tower 26 swimmers.  

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    After the topic of the episode is covered, the athlete questions are answered, and the topic for the next episode is revealed.

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    Thanks to Tom Hiel for the Intro/Outro music.

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