Sometimes a song gets stuck in your head and you can’t get it out no matter what in the open water. Other times, a great song just pops in your head, its melody or lyrics are just right, and the pulsating music in your head enhances your open water experience. Race Director Doug Woodring of […]

Daunting. Extreme. Challenging. And more was experienced at today’s 5th annual Ocean Recovery Alliance Clean Half extreme marathon swim race in Hong Kong. Ranked as one of the top open water swims in the world, 35 teams and 13 solo swimmers from six countries braved the winds, swells, rough surface chop and tricky ocean currents

Lance is swimming. Lance is swimming. Those are the words about Austin, Texas this morning. The 8th Annual Lake Travis Relay will be held today, starting at 8:30 am where the world’s most famous cyclist will return to the open water. The SwimStrong team looks to be the team to beat with a host of

This afternoon in the high Sierra Nevada mountain range, Joe Locke of the Night Train Swimmers is making his way through two feet of snow and air temperatures as low as 24°F (-4°C) to soon begin his attempt of Lake Tahoe. Never before has someone attempted or successfully crossed the full length of Lake Tahoe

The Triple Crown of Prison Island Swims, otherwise known as Triple Break, is a trio of ocean swims where swimmers challenge themselves to escape by swimming from some of the world’s most well-known island prisons: Alcatraz, Robben and Spike. While the traditional Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming consists of the English Channel, Catalina Channel

48-year-old John Farrell Kelly became the first person to swim 9 miles across Fremont Lake on the western side of the Wind River mountains, filled with cold water, in Wyoming, U.S.A. on October 1st. His 6 hour 37 minute effort in the high-altitude lake (7,418 feet) started as a dream years ago. “I have been

Emily Brunemann finished off her 2011 season with two consecutive FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup victories. Below are the results for the 10K race in Hong Kong. The race was held in Hong Kong’s Repulse Bay where the water temperature 27.5°C. As Emily summed up for the rest of the athletes, “I want to

Thomas Lurz and Emily Brunemann both finished off the season with two consecutive FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup victories. Below are the results for the 10K race in Hong Kong. The race was held in Hong Kong’s Repulse Bay where the water temperature 27.5°C. As Emily summed up for the rest of the athletes,

The Big Blue is a Greek specialist swimming adventure holiday around the beautiful islands of the Ionian Sea, west of the Greek mainland. Lisa Stansbie announced, “We are launching at the end of June 2012. We will swim in the Ionian, mainly Lefkada and Kefallonia and Meganisi.” Based in the picturesque green island of Lefkada,