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Active masters swimmer Karen Longwell announced the Search for Monongy 1.2, 2.4 and White Knuckle Open Water Swim on the Allegheny River at the North Shore Riverfront Park in Pittsburg on July 11th. The Search for Monongy event is part of the Great Lakes Open Water Swim Series (GLOWS), an U.S. Masters Swimming-sanctioned open water […]
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Karen Pratz of the Ocean City Recreation Department at the Ocean City Aquatics and Fitness Center in New Jersey runs a fantastic Special Olympics swimming program with the Stingrays. To the best of our knowledge, Karen had the first Pool Open Water (POW) workout for Special Olympics athletes with the Stingrays yesterday. “We had an
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FINA announced online registration for its first FINA World Aquatics Convention in Punta del Este, Uruguay is now open for the September 27-29 event. The first-time Convention will undoubtedly bring together the most influential people involved in aquatic sports from around the world. In a nod to virtual networking used so prevalently in the 21st
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Open water swimming continues to find passionate enthusiasts who are helping the sport grow. Michal Skrodzki had an idea to hold an open water swim in Poland’s Silesia region near Germany and the Czech Republic. From this germination, Tomasz Pachalski and Pawel Bucki started the ball rolling and convinced their university, AWF Katowice, to combine
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The 6.5K Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim 2010 (Boğazıçi Kitalararasi Yarislari) from Asia to Europe will hold its 22nd race in July 18th. Swimmers cross the Bosphorus (or Bosporus, Βόσπορος in Greek, İstanbul Boğazı in Turkish),from the north to the south. With the course so wide, the swimmer obviously decide to swim off in different directions. The
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We have been advocating POW Swimming (Pool Open Water) for years, especially for those triathletes or swimmers who do not have easy access to open water swimming venues. USA Swimming explains its recommendations for POW racing and training in this short 5-minute video: For more examples, videos and information on Pool Open Water swimming (Pool
USA Swimming produced a variety of tips, tactics and training methodologies in an open water swimming video called Out of the Box. Here are some clips with long-time national open water swimming team coach Rick Walker on camera in a training session in Fort Myers, Florida: Copyright © 2010 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Whiskey Joe’s Thirteenth Annual 24 Mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim is scheduled on April 17th. According to Race Director and Founder Ron Collins, over fifty swimmers will compete in this year’s event as either solo marathoners or a relay members. The 24-mile race covers the entire length of Tampa Bay, Florida and is a celebration
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COPACABANA BEACH, Brazil. Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach is one of the most famous beach fronts stretches in the world – and the wonderful site for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The 3.5K Travessia dos Fortes is one of the world’s most well-organized mass swims – that goes along the
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It is our core belief that every triathlete is an open water swimmer with additional interests and capabilities. While open water swimmers focus their efforts in the 70% of the Earth covered by water, triathletes focus their efforts in both terrestrial and aquatic venues. While swimmers arm themselves with lanolin and ear plugs, triathletes go
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