Oh happy day! This should help with everyone’s withdrawals. Enjoy!

And Jason will be on Conan’s show Tuesday. Be sure to tune in!

Thought we forgot about this, didn’t ya?

Well the Lochtenator has been part of 2 World Record performances whilst over in Beijing. Individually, he rocked it in the 200 back tonight and earlier in the week, as the 2nd leg of the WR-setting men’s 800 Free Relay.

For his efforts, he’s earned himself 5 more cases and a 6-pack of Heineken from us today. That brings his grand total to 9 cases and two 6-packs, which we’ll convert into one 12er. Do we have a total for what we owe him? Nope. Let’s just leave it at “a lot”. I almost wish I hadn’t made that bet with him back in 2005. Who knew he was gonna blow up like this? I’m thinking he did and that was part of his plan alllll along. I’m onto you, Lochtenator! Congrats and call us when you want to redeem any of those cases.

And seriously….WHERE IS THE GRILL?!?! I’m going to be quite upset if I find out someone took (hid?) it from him or told him couldn’t wear it! It’s too classic and deliciously Lochte!

Previous days’ earnings:

I was watching gymnastics, but with the way the judges are hosing the Americans with the scoring, I’ve decided I can’t watch that bullshit anymore.

Shout out to Rebecca Soni for doing the damn thing in the 200 Breast! Holla!

So, apparently Penta Water is doing this little thing we call “breaking the law”.

As you may or may not know, some US swimmers were endorsed by Penta Water back in 2004, leading up to the Athens Games. Their faces and testimonials were all over the company’s website. Their respective deal are said to have expired in 2006, but the Penta people are still using pictures and quotes from Amanda Beard, Jason Lezak, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Aaron Peirsol to sell their product.

Probably not their best idea because now the foursome are suing Penta, according to TMZ.

And the plot thickens…

There’s been a lot of chatter re: the new Speedo LZR suit and how much of an advantage those who wear it hold.

It’s putting athletes who possess contracts with other swimwear companies (e.g. Nike, TYR, Arena) in a unenviable position heading into the Beijing Games and the selection meets.

Do they risk fines and other penalities and wear the LZR suit? Or do they remain loyal and possibly (I said possibly) miss out on a faster time that could be achieved in the Speedo suit. That is pure speculation based on what I’ve been reading/hearing on the internet.

U.S. National Team head coach, Mark Schubert, has gone on record with the Associated Press that “he will tell every swimmer on his team to wear Speedo at the U.S. trials.”

He will tell them to wear Speedo? Does that mean he will demand/order they wear the suit or strongly suggest it? Can USA Swimming really force a swimmer to wear Speedo; especially if it directly conflicts with their swimwear contract?

Upon doing a little more research, his words were clarified:

“I would strongly advise them to wear the suit at trials, or they may end up at home watching on NBC. Do you go for the money or for the gold? These athletes have been dreaming about winning an Olympic medal since they were eight or 10 years old and nobody can afford to give up two per cent.”

The AP article called out the US Nike contingent of Brendan Hansen, Aaron Peirsol, Jason Lezak and Kaitlin Sandeno.

All the other major players in the swimsuit sweepstakes are developing their own version of the LZR, but it seems the higher-ups of the governing bodies don’t think it will compare with the technology of the Speedo suit.

We already noticed that Erik Vendt, Larsen Jensen, and Mark Gangloff left TYR and are now wearing Speedo suits. It’ll be interesting to see who else defects and from which company.

Things are fixin’ to get mighty interesting coming down the stretch!

To some, Golden Goggles are all about a once a year meet and greet, where the swimmers get all dressed up and strut their stuff.  But to the Swim Aids, it’s all about the fashion: What Not to Wear style!  There’s already been posts, but I wanna join in on the fun, and try not to offend anyone like I have done in the past!

So, that being said: taking lessons from Phelps or were you just camping for the weekend and forgot a razor?

Note: And yes, I hope this doesn’t come back to bite me in the ass!

We ran across the video of Kaitlin Sandeno, Amanda Beard, Aaron Peirsol and the one and only Ian Thorpe on youtube. We thought we’d make a nice little post for you guys, hope you like it!

Is this what went through Aaron and Amanda’s minds when they were asked to compete at the French Open EDF meet (which conflicts with the 2007 CP Summer Nationals)?

Swimming World Magazine was first to report that the event’s website is declaring that both Amanda and Aaron have signed on to compete there. It’s left many people wondering “why?”.

Tara Kirk referred to it as a “pretty awesome money meet” and revealed that she, too, had been invited to compete. FYI, Tara declined so that she can continue to work with her coach on her 200 Breast.

So is the allmighty dollar the motivation behind Aaron and Amanda’s decision? And how many other elite US swimmers may be lured over to France for the Open Meet?

If July 20-something rolls around — when we finally see the pysch sheet — and we see a large chunk of the National Team missing from it, there are going to be some mighty angry Swim Aids runnin’ loose. Y’all really don’t want to see that. It isn’t pretty. Best believe.

So now, we wait…

To be continued!