For those who peak in the Northern Hemisphere summer, do not forget the fall season when a variety of long-distance swimming events are available in some incredible locations around the globe. Training hard in the summer and then enjoying races in the fall is a secret known to many insiders – and an increasing number

Laura Gold, Jessica Gerhart, Vermont and Beth Williams, Steve Tavella and Carrie Feydenkevez completed Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association’s Son of a Swim, a qualifying event for the upcoming Kingdom Swim 10 Miler, part of the Kingdom Swim on July 24th with over 200 entrants from 24 states and overseas, some coming from as

While Diana Nyad is planning on a very warm-water 103-mile swim from Florida to Cuba among sharks, currents and jellyfish, Karen Rogers will face something equally demanding if not a bit shorter in distance. Follow Karen here this Friday at 3 am California time. Karen will face really big sharks (Great Whites) and really cold

Seven-time world professional marathon swimming champion Shelley Taylor-Smith who has done everything from short ocean sprints to the English Channel is conducting a series of open water swimming clinics in Canada and the USA in July and August. Her tour kicks off in New York City on July 10th. “Training is a passion of mine

The Outdoor Swimming Society reported that they have 12 Big Jumps being held in Great Britain this season. The Big Jump is a Europe-wide river swimming day with swimmers across Europe taking the plunge in their local rivers and lakes, all at the same time on the same day. Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones

Chris Dahowski announced the very unique Swim22 Endurance Challenge that will start on October 4th. The Swim22 Endurance Challenge is a four-person relay…across the Catalina Channel. 88 miles between Catalina Island and the mainland of California, 4 swimmers doing their leg one after another over a two-day period with the help of 50 crew members

Christopher Bojanowski announced the 3.5K 2 milles de Tracadie-Sheila swim in New Brunswick, Canada on July 25th. Freestylers, butterflyers, backstrokers and breaststrokers are all invited. Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones