The Olympic Champion and World Champion sprinter will be in Austin, Texas, March 4th to the 6th. Training out of Auburn, Alabama, it's just a short hop over to Texas. He will, of course, be competing, but he's also getting in a little business, banking media for his swimwear partner, Arena.
If you haven't seen Cesar up close and personal, catch up with him in this Gold Medal Minute interview:
(This interview was first seen on swimnetwork.com, who I will being working with to cover the USA Swimming Austin Grand Prix.)
I'm depressed. I'm lost. I have no path to take...swimming-wise...... Well, not really, but this weekend, the weekend after GOLDEN GOGGLES, after celebrating this historic year, it feels that way.
I, of course, have a path, and a plan, and goals for 2009, but everybody else is worried about the economy.
I'm not! I think SWIMMING is in the profit-pocket! A little piece of heaven! A warm-wet, safe-haven of goodness and prosperity! As a whole, the swimming community is going to shine in 2009!
What to do? Thank everyone that came along for this ride, so far, and to remind them, my GMM PARTNERS, that I remain a passionate fan of all things OLYMPIC, especially swimming.
Aside from cutting more behind-the-scenes videos (hours of media now, which I'm behind on) I'm building out this site. I'm going to reach-out monthly to age-group swimmers, and masters swimmers, as well as those world-class types....
Have I missed anyone? Hell yeah! The fans! I have connected with thousands of swimming fans since August alone. Many have become good friends (thanks to facebook and youtube and swimnetwork).
My heart, however, belongs to Chris LaBianco (aside from my wife, Tif). Many of you know him as "LaBi" from our Olympic vlogs. LaBi's the head of USA Swimming's Foundation, and the most positive person I've met in many, many years... Sounds funny to gush about LaBi, but what he's done for swimming as a whole, this year, is mind-boggling! I won't be able to share it for a few months, but I can, slowly, next spring.... Better yet, LaBi can vlog about it (maybe even in a Chinese fighter-pilot helmet).
NEWS TODAY? STEPHANIE BROWN TRAFTON has won, or is about to win the JESSE OWENS award. Stephanie's not a swimmer. She's an Olympic discus thrower, and the first American to win gold since 1932. I interviewed her at the Olympic Games in Beijing. She was exceedingly tired, but a real trooper...very nice.
