Total Immersion / Easy Freestyle
Mar 06, 2010 | 3651 Bastion Ln Raleigh, NC 27604
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Total Immersion / Easy Freestyle
- Start time: 1:30pm
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Total Immersion Swimming is a non-traditional method of swim technique, that equips any swimmer to move w/ grace, endurance and speed through the water. By utilizing your body's core as the primary mode of propulsion, you will swim efficiently and effortlessly through the water. Saving energy and working less, like a fish. That's TI Swimming.
March 6th Clinic:
Easy Freestyle, Learn to swim like a fish, gracefully and efficiently. Tired of working so hard to get to the other side of the pool? Needing more energy for your bike and run? Join fellow triathletes and learn the TI method together. You will gain valuable insight into why tradional swim methods are not helping you reach your triathlon/swimming goals. TI Certified Coach Brian Barndt will lead a four hour clinic at Gypsy Divers Aquatic Facility on Saturday, March 6th, from 1:30-5:30pm, teaching in the classroom and pool, as well as providing underwater video analysis. Open to both beginner and advanced level swimmers. Come and learn to swim like never before!
Race Description
Brian Barndt :
FS Series Coach
Teaching Professional for Total Immersion Swimming
Team USA Elite Transplant Athlete
Masters and Open Water Swimmer
Offering private and group lessons/training
HEART2SWIM.COM
Brian Barndt's Story
I suffered congestive heart failure in 1990 at the age of 22 years old. My diagnosis was cardiomyopathy, which is a disease of the heart muscle. The possibility of a heart transplant was discussed as the likely course of action if my condition worsened. Thankfully, my condition improved.
The cardiomyopathy was well-managed by medications and regular testing for a decade. Since I had been in atrial fibrillation since my diagnosis, two attempts to cardiovert my heart back to sinus rhythm were made. They were unsuccessful. During that time, I was able to fulfill several important goals - get married, have children, graduate from seminary, and assume my first pastorate.
A defibrillator/pacemaker was implanted in August of 2001, one month after my youngest daughter, Rachel, was born. I had experienced many episodes of tachycardia, including ventricular fibrillation on two occasions. Having a defibrillator is a blessing and a curse. It is able to save your life through shocking your heart out of a potentially fatal arrhythmia, but the shock is like being kicked in the chest by a “mad bull!” The most traumatic experience I had with my defibrillator was being shocked sixteen times in a row, while taking a walk.
In 2003, my ejection fraction plummeted, and I underwent open heart surgery at Duke University Medical Center for mitral valve repair. A device called a “corcap,” a form of netting, was also sewn around my heart, as part of a clinical trial in which I had enrolled. Its goal was to prevent my heart from enlarging further, and also reshape the heart.
That surgery was successful, and I fared well for about eighteen months. Yet, fifteen years of living with cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation had taken its toll. I had deteriorated to the point that a heart transplant was the only option. On June 9, 2005, I was placed on the waiting list to receive a new heart.
I was still able to work as a pastor at Six Forks Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC, during this time. However, it was very difficult and my effectiveness had diminished. It had gotten to where I was struggling to even go up and down my driveway to retrieve the mail.
On July 25, I received my new heart at Duke Hospital in Durham, NC. My transplant was performed by Dr. Carmelo Milano, who also conducted my mitral valve repair in 2003. I was discharged after sixteen days in the hospital. The Transplant Team at Duke has done a tremendous job of caring for all my needs and guarding my health.
Pricing Information
Total Immersion / Easy Freestyle Pricing:
Before 03/03/2010
Individual: $165.00
After 03/03/2010
Individual: $190.00
The last day to register online for the Total Immersion / Easy Freestyle is Wednesday, March 3, 2010. On-site registration may be available if this event is not full, but your best bet is to register online.
Race Day Information
Gypsy Divers
3651 Bastion Ln
Raleigh, NC 27604
(919) 255-1931
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Refund, Transfer and Weather Policy
There are no refunds for this clinic!
