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Six swimmers – 3 from Mexico and 3 from the US – will be together for a long time on the high seas: between 30 – 40 hours. Teamwork and camaraderie will be the highest priority as sleep deprivation and fatigue start to set in on the second day of non-stop swimming in the Sea […]
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Marisa Poole and Kevin Poole (shown on left) swam together amid 170 swimmers in the 800-meter Butterfield Sea Swim in the incredibly beautiful Cayman Islands under ideal conditions on Seven Mile Beach. While Marisa represents the next generation of open water swimmers, the present belongs to the Fraser brothers, Shaune and Brett, who dominated the
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Mike Doane, the USA Triathlon Resident Program swim coach and 2007 USA Triathlon Coach of the Year, coached Andy Potts to gold at the 2007 Pan American Games, victory at the 70.3 World Championships and USA Triathlon Elite National title in 2004 using some unusual – but intelligent – feedback training. Popular Science reported that
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These large 2-meter high x 1-meter wide turn buoys by blueseventy are hard to miss in the open water and are another step towards making open water swimming courses more easily navigable. We foresee the next-generation turn buoys will be well-marked (e.g., buoy #1, #2, #3, etc.) that will enable the athletes to know precisely
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Six swimmers – 3 from Mexico and 3 from the US – will be attempting to set the world’s longest ocean swimming relay across the Sea of Cortez – 182 K from west to east across this gorgeous stretch of natural beauty. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame swimmer Nora Toledano, author of A cada
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“To all who finished: well done. To those who didn’t, don’t worry, Robben Island is going nowhere. It was a great effort. Don’t give up. Come back and tame this crossing,” said Cadiz Freedom Swim Chairman Ram Barkai. “The conditions were very deceiving. It was calm and sunny with a (relatively) hot start (13.2°C). Little
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Coeur d’Alene Area Swim Team in the Idaho Panhandle is hosting the CAST Classic Open Water Swim, a 2.5K, 5K and 10K race on August 14th on Lake Coeur d’Alene. CAST assistant coach David Dolphay explained, “This will be our first year and we are very excited about getting involved in open water swimming. We
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The British Gas Great North Swim is not only a great open water swimming competition and celebration, but it also has demonstrated distinct economic advantages. The Great North Swim won the Tourism Event of the Year at the 2010 Cumbria Tourism Awards this week. Fifteen prizes were awarded on the night, but it was an
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TRISWIM will provide two unique stations with its innovative products for the athletes at the 2K and 4K Open Water Pursuit races in Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California on June 6th. Before the race, TRISWIM will set up a ‘Preparation Station’ where swimmers can lube up with TRISLIDE, a very effective alternative to Vaseline
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Pool-Mate is one of the most innovative and useful products to hit the swimming market in years. It is selling off the shelves – especially to those who prefer to focus on other things other than counting laps. It is most interesting (and magical) how the intelligent Pool-Mate watch automatically knows how many laps you
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