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ISSUE: How to Prevent Chafing? PROBLEM: Chafing is irritation or lacerations due to repeated rubbing around the neck, underarms, shoulders, and along swimsuit lines and other friction points. There are fundamentally three types of chafing: 1. Skin-on-skin chafing: improper stroke mechanics and a cross-over kick or breathing can cause chafing. 2. Fabric-on-skin chafing: a swimsuit, […]
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Ram Barkai and Gavin Pike, took on the icy 2°C Loch Faskally, known as the gateway to the Scottish Highlands, yesterday. The founder of the International Ice Swimming Association and Gavin both lasted 35 minutes with the air temperature at -2°C. Ram, the International Ice Swimming Association founder, endured a 1-mile swim while his fellow
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Glenda Carroll announced that the Pacific Masters in northern Califoria is offering a 10K Open Water Workshop on January 8th that was immediately oversold. With more than four times the expected turnout, the 2.5-hour workshop filled a need for the open water swimmers of the San Francisco Bay area. The workshop includes how to approach
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DONEGAL, IRELAND. Ram Barkai visited Anne Marie Ward and Nuala Moore in Creeslough Village on the northwest coast of Ireland. “The sun is a just a concept here, no one claims to have ever seen it. The sky turns from pitch black to light grey for a couple of hours during, what the locals call
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OAHU. There are dozens and dozens of ocean swims, biathlons and triathlons on the island of Oahu throughout the year. Each of these events have well-trained lifeguards and experienced safety personnel overseeing the athletes who participate in the events on the north and south shore of the City & County of Honolulu. Many of the
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NEW YORK. Bea Hartigan was selected as the 2011 Times of Huntington Volunteer of the Year. The long-time open water swimming race director and coach was recognized as a open water swimming advocate and devoted fundraiser. She has spent decades organizing and officiating swimming competitions including the Fran Schnarr Memorial 5K in Huntington Bay (New
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Jamie Patrick, the 2011 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, penned a heartfelt appreciation to the open water swimming community: As I sit down to write this, it is difficult to fully express how I feel. I am extremely grateful for the amazing support that has been shown to me during this year’s
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Mohammad Kobadi continues on his 16th straight day in his stage swim along the Persian Gulf. 1000 kilometers clad in a wetsuits and assisted by fins, his stage swim from the Strait of Hormuz will take him ultimately to Arvand Kenar in southeastern Iran. The 15.8K stage of 5 hours 30 minutes in 23°C from
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Like Mount Everest among mountaineers, Tour de France among cyclists and the Olympics among runners, the shadow of the English Channel stretches far and wide over the elite echelons of the marathon swimming world. Of the 226 inductees in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, over 45% have swum the English Channel. These Channel
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Claire Duncan, Mark Blewitt and Matt Cox, three swimmers who have lived with type 1 diabetes for more than ten years, were successful on their six-person relay across the English Channel in July 2011. The trio helped raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation while swimming with a waterproof insulin pump (Animas® Vibe) with
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