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August 14th, 2009

Big Shoulders-Chicago 9/12/09

Big Shoulders-Chicago 9/12/09

September 12, 2009 is the 19th annual 2.5/5k Chicago masters’ Big shoulders swim. This year the 5k race is the USMS open water championship.

Josh & Nick will be swimming this year. Josh has been training for months and just recently won an ocean mile race in Hawaii. Plus, he did an ocean mile race in the Cayman Islands where he beat 2 Olympians. Josh will be doing the long race of 5k.  Nick has only trained for about a month due to a hole in his chest. He has been unable to participate in the water for a while because of the possibility of infection in his new port.  Nick will be swimming the 2.5k portion.

Posted in Past Events
By Nick Schmidt
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June 1st, 2009

How we Started

How we Started

During Thanksgiving weekend of 2008. Bahar took a trip to Baltimore to spend the holiday with her family. Other than eating a lot of food like all other families on Thanksgiving day, her family got together and ran a 5k. The 5k was called the Turkey Trot. Click the orange arrow for the “Rest of the story”

Posted in Our Mission, Past Events
By Nick Schmidt
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