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On September 5th, Mark Bayliss will step into history. He will attempt the Enduroman Arch to Arc from London to Paris where he will start with an 87-mile run from Marble Arch in London to the shores of Dover. Then, unlike anyone in the history of the Enduroman, he will lube up with Channel grease […]
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As the summer comes to an end, thousands of people want to get in and participate in an open water swim. Some may be less experienced, overweight and under-trained. And usually more motivated to simply make the swim from start to finish rather than aiming for an award or being competitive. In those cases, stand
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The Waikiki Roughwater Swim is back for its 43rd edition. The classic swim from the foot of Diamond Head to the Hilton Hawaiian Village was started by Jim Cotton and his Waikiki Swim Club colleagues back in 1970 (shown below) and has grown with the sport. Olympians, world champions, actors, teachers, police officers, doctors, drivers,
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The Czech Open Water Swimming 2012 Championships took place in Lipno, the largest lake in Bohemia. It is the traditional venue of the Czech domestic championships since 1967. Despite his relatively advanced age of 36, 2008 Olympian Rostislav Vitek won 20km title over other national team members Jan Pošmourný and Karel Baloun. Vitek won an
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The Czech Open Water Swimming 2012 Championships took place in Lipno, the largest lake in Bohemia. It is the traditional venue of the Czech domestic championships since 1967. Silvie Rybářová (9th in the 25km at the 2011 World Swimming Championships) stood on top the podium. The defending champion was followed by young Lenka Sterbova who
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Shaun MacGillivray is the Producer and Managing Director of MacGillivray Freeman Films, the film company that has created the top 10 highest grossing IMAX films in history, including Everest, To Fly, and The Living Sea. He is also heading up the company’s One World One Ocean campaign, a multi-year, multi-platform ocean media initiative aimed at
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Swimmers and the media talk about currents, jellyfish, waves, extreme water temperatures, and rough conditions when they discuss open water swimming. The inherent risks in the open water, whether during a short 1-mile swim or during a longer marathon swim, are well-known and well-documented. Of all the world’s open water swimmers, Michael Spalding of Maui
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Sometimes the life and finish of an open water swimmer can be lonely. Training up and down a coast or in a lake in preparation for a long swim is an accepted practice of open water swimmers. Finishing upon a deserted shore, sometimes at night or at most welcomed by a few well-wishers, after hours
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Craig Lenning, who has successfully crossed the North Channel, the English Channel, the Catalina Channel and Lake Tahoe as well as completed the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim and 24-mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim, took his talents to Japan and gave the Tsugaru Channel a good shot today. But currents were too strong and came up
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When Wayne Soutter successfully crossed from the Mull of Kintyre on extreme west coast of Scotland to the Antrim coast in northern Ireland, his success brought up an issue: where exactly is the official North Channel and where is the official course? Soutter’s swim from Mull of Kintyre to Ireland is a 11-mile crossing across
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