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Some countries just seem so far away from the average American or British open water swimmer. These far-flung nations are geographically distant, culturally separate and linguistically different. The food is nothing like home and the expectations of society are world’s apart. Summer is winter and winter is summer. Left is right and right can be […]
Travel To Tsugaru, Journeys To Japan Read More »
This morning, professional marathon swimmer Mallory Mead and Open Water Swim Club‘s Lexie Kelly battled throughout the 8km Slam the Dam swim in Lake Mead, Nevada. Back and forth the two Southern Californians went competed head-to-head surging and fading like the ebb and flow of the Las Vegas economy. Side-by-side at the start, the two
Six-Beat vs. High Turnover At The Slam The Dam Read More »
FINA publishes press releases on each of its FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup and FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix events. Fans and media learn how gets in the top 3 in each of the FINA press releases. But FINA does not release or post the full results of its World Cup and Grand
Document And Analyze Open Water Swimming Withdrawals Read More »
Race directors Dr. Keith Bell and Sandy Neilson-Bell are all set for the 6th annual American Swimming Association Open Water Swimming National Collegiate Championships to be held in Austin, Texas today. Texas A&M is favored to beat defending champion, Trinity University, in the women’s 6th Annual ASA Open Water Swimming National Collegiate Championship. Texas A&M’s
Olympian Camille Adams Set To Defend Collegiate Title Read More »
The broadcast of the 2012 RCP Tiburon (‘shark’ in Spanish) Mile and the RCP Tiburon Sprint Classic II will be telecast on Comcast SportsNet which is Bay Area channel 41. The first broadcast is this coming Monday, October 8th at 2:00 pm where 2-time Olympian Melissa Gorman almost upset an international contingent of elite professional
Shark Week In The San Francisco Bay Area Read More »
Phil Ireland is a former baseball player from Plimpton, New York who took a circuitous route to the competitive open water swimming world. Ireland started swimming after an injury stalled his budding professional baseball career as a pitcher. In a freakish accident, Ireland tried to field a bunt as he can running towards the ball
Broken Bones In Baseball Lead To Open Water Success Read More »
The Deep is a film based on a true story about the sole survivor of a shipwreck in Iceland. The hero of the story swam in frigid waters (under 5 degrees C) for four hours at night. His means of survival makes for a riveting film. Copyright © 2012 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Too Much To Live For In The Deep Read More »
Gracie Van Der Byl was always fast as an age-group swimmer and collegiate star. But now she is officially fast by all marathon swimming standards. In fact, the fastest. This morning, the San Diego coach set a new Catalina Channel record (from Catalina to the California mainland) in 7 hours 27 minutes. She broke the
Byl And Large, Gracie Is Fast, Really Fast Read More »
The Far East is so far away. But island nations like Japan present a number of wonderfully challenging opportunities for ocean swims from the tropical waters of Okinawa to the challenging waterway of the Tsugaru Channel. For swimmers who wish to visit the Far East and swim across lakes, between channels and around islands in
Channel and Marathon Swims in Japan Read More »
Running a sub-3:00 marathon is considered pretty good for the average runner. Swimming a sub-3:00 marathon swim is also considered to be pretty good for the average adult swimmer. Achieving both those two marathon goals on land and in the water however is a bit more challenging, especially if accomplished during the same calendar year.
Sub-3 Marathon Club … On Land And In The Water Read More »