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Women over the age of 40 are the fastest growing demographic group in the open water swimming world. This trend is true in nearly all of the regions of the world. Laura Lee (left) and Jeannine Chomyn (right), mothers and swimmers, are representative of many of these women who are flocking to the sport. “I […]
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William Wilson, an International Swimming Hall of Fame honoree, wrote in his 1883 book The Swimming Instructor, “The experienced swimmer, when in the water, may be classed among the happiest of mortals in the happiest of moods, and in the most complete enjoyment of the happiest of exercises.” He figured out more than a century
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For generations of professional marathon swimmers who competed in the Around the Island Marathon Swim, a tough 23.5-mile (37.8 km) swim around Absecon Island in Atlantic City, images of Hurricane Sandy wiping out the Atlantic City boardwalk brought back memories. A difficult swim that challenged swimmers in the rough waters of the Atlantic Ocean, had
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Scott Weston Wolford grew up with a love for animals and the environment. Raised in the Indiana Dunes National Park along the shores of Lake Michigan, Wolford has been surrounded by water all his life. A resident along the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and the Gulf Coast throughout his life, swimming came
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The fourth Xiamen-Kinmen Swim drew 75 two-person teams to the 8 km cross-channel crossing of the Taiwan Strait. Escorted by kayakers and canoeists with safety buoys on each swimmer, the swimmers came from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. With the start on Kinmen on Taiwan and the finish at Xiamen on mainland China, Yao
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Is it genetic or is it environmental? Is it nature or is it nurtured? Why is it that I think of sharks when I am swimming in the ocean, far from shore? What brings them to mind? What causes the thought to suddenly pop into my head? Alone with my thoughts with my head facing
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The new tri-lingual website Marathon Swimming in Greece is now up and running. Events and contacts in Greek, Spanish and English are now available for a global market to descend upon Greece for some fantastic swims. The swims include: Toroneos Gulf Swim: 25 km from Kalithea, Kassandra to Nikiti, Sithonia in Halkidiki, held on the
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With the sport of open water swimming growing in all its various niches, the World Open Water Swimming Association conducted a preliminary survey of the channel swimming world. In this Part 1 of a multi-part series on the open water swimming world, it attempted to estimate the approximate number of channel swimmers around the world.
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the early morning draws smile from Tom Kean, Jeremy Laming and Georgina Tomkins, the trio behind The Henley Swim. Combine an iconic location with their drive to provide a reasonable challenge for people from all walks of life, and The Henley Swim is the result. The Henley Swim offers the Henley Classic, Henley Mile, Bridge
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Roberta ‘RC’ Saint-Amour was a collegiate sprinter at Wellesley College, focusing on the 50-yard freestyle. But post-college, she stepped up in distance and completed an English Channel relay with her father Craig and her sister Melissa in 2009 in 11 hours 10 minutes. An investment banker in New York City who survived the financial crisis,
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