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While experienced and qualified first responders (e.g., race officials, lifeguards, military personnel or event staff) are usually quick to respond and are essential to the overall health and welfare of all participants, many of the first responders in emergency situations in open water swims are other swimmers. Because so many swimmers help others in difficult […]
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Vidösternsimmet is a 21K open water swim in sjön (Lake) Vidöstern in Småland, Sweden. The race is traditionally held in August with the next race to be held on August 4th 2012. Vidösternsimmet is Sweden’s longest open water swimming competition that stretches from north of Osudden in Jönköping County to the Strait of Kronoberg in
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She started off in the summer leagues in New York’s Westchester County as a 3-year-old. She gradually worked her way to a college scholarship at Duke University where she qualified for the NCAA Division I Championships and the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming team. “ I didn’t do double workouts when I was young,
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While massage tables are often found at the end of marathon runs, triathlons and some open water swims, the massage therapists and athletes often do not know the scientific basis for the benefits of human touch after an endurance event. Athletes and therapists just know that these physiological and psychological benefits exist. This lack of
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With nearly 18,000 competitors in the aQuelle Midmar Mile, it is interesting to do some gender and age-group comparisons based on the actual results for the following reasons: 1. Everyone swims the same course. 2. The course is in a smooth-water reservoir. 3. The course is rather narrow. 4. Heats of the same age-group start
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Mo Siegel, Cara McAteer and Lori Carena will pioneer a new three-person swim format at the 2012 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. The three will swim as one coordinated team, swimming within a few meters of one other for the entire 28.5 mile circuit in New York. “I think of it as an 8-hour synchronized swim,”
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With 8,700+ swimmers participating in the seeding events and another 17,000+ swimmers participating in the Midmar Mile, its organizers have a lot of safety, logistics, record-keeping and operations to manage. Inspector Jack Haskins, a long-time K9 Search and Rescue officer with the South African Police Service, has played a major role for many years in
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The Traversée internationale du lac Mégantic is a well-organized 10K professional swimming marathon in Lac-Mégantic on August 11th. Lac-Mégantic is a beautiful lake in Québec, Canada where the warmth and hospitality of the organized committee welcomes swimmers from around the world. Capable professional marathon swimmers interested in participating in the sixth leg of the eight-race
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Among the celebrities participating in the 2012 Midmar Mile in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa is Martin Strel, the Big River Man. Martin will speak about his achievements, the mental and physical preparation required, maintaining motivation for endurance achievements, goal setting, and a variety of water and environmental issues. He will also sign his books and DVDs
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Fernando Ciaramella, who just competed in the shortened Maratón Internacional Hernandarias – Paraná FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix on Monday, honed his marathon swimming experience in Lago Nahuel Huapi, a lake in Argentina’s northern Patagonia. He completed the double-crossing of Lago Nahuel Huapi in 4 hours 45 minutes between the Port San Carlos and
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