Lew Kidder announced the new Swim to the Moon, a point-to-point 5K race through a picturesque chain of lakes near Ann Arbor, Michigan. Because much of the shoreline is owned by the government, swimmers can enjoy an experience like swimming through the Canadian wilderness as they finish at Halfmoon Lake Beach. An additional one-mile triangle […]

Coach Charlie Tupitza did an interesting study comparing the pre- and post-race weights of the swimmers at the Chris Greene 2-mile Swim. Coach Charlie took a weight scale to the race and asked swimmers to weigh in prior to the race and as soon as they get out – before hydrating in the 87°F (30.5°C)

The always-exciting, fiercely-competitive European Open Water Swimming Championships will be held in Lake Balaton between July 26-30. Where many of the world’s best open water swimmers get valuable experience and a setting where several world champions get their teeth cut on elite competition, the Championships are always a battle. The schedule, held in the largest

Ocean navigation and hypothermia were dual challenges at the first Nubble Light Challenge last week in Maine. With the water up near 66°F (19°C) in the days leading up to the event, the water temperature dropped precipitously on the day of the event to a bone-chilling 50°F (10°C). Before the swimmers took to the point-to-point

World 5K champion Melissa Gorman who has won in South Africa at the World Ocean Racing Series Championships, in America at the RCP Tiburon Mile and the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, in the South Pacific at the Fiji Ocean Swim Festival, throughout Australia and nearly everywhere she swins. Melissa is a down-to-earth, personable, friendly, positive-thinking world-class

Monday’s Swimming World Magazine’s Morning Swim Show showcased America’s representative in the 5K and 10K race at the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships, Eva Fabian. After placing a close third behind Chloe Sutton and Christine Jennings at USA Swimming’s national championships, Eva was handed a reprieve when Chloe pulled out of the world championships

Carlingford Lough (Loch Cairlinn), a glacial fjord in Northern Ireland, will host back-to-back events in July: the East Coast Adventure 3.5k Swim on July 24th and the Whistledown Hotel Round the Rock Swim will take place the following week on July 31st. Both events include a wetsuit challenge for those swimmers who would like to

Swimming World Magazine‘s Morning Swim Show showcased world 5K and 10K champion Thomas Lurz today. Interviewed before the upcoming World Open Water Swimming Championships, Thomas gives some interesting answers to various questions ranging from strategies in cold water to his competition from around the world. Thomas is carrying the mantel of being an ambassador of

The Oxford-Cambridge Channel Race occurred today utilizing modern technologies to showcase the beauty and challenge of open water swimming. The positions of the relay swim teams from two of the world’s most esteemed institutions of higher learning were shown live on the Internet while tweets were also sent live and charitable donations were solicited. Although

150 people participated in the annual two-way crossing of the Fossvogur Channel between Reykjavík and Kópavogur last week. “The atmosphere was great despite the strong northerly wind,” Árni Jónsson, manager of the thermal beach in Reykjavík, explained to the largest Icelandic newspaper Fréttabladid. Participants started from the beach in Nauthólsvík in Reykjavík, swam across the