Courtesy of Maurizio Farinelli, Alghero, Sardinia, Italy. The Gran Fondo Porto Conte will be held on June 22nd in Alghero, Sardinia, Italy. Farinelli describes the event, “The 17 km race is held along the coast of Porto Conte park and in the waters of the Capo Caccia marine protected area. The western Mediterranean Sea, along […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Calais, France. Jabez Wolffe made over 20 unsuccessful attempts to swim the English Channel, although he later became a well-known, globally respected coach, trainer and author. As a solo swimmer in the early 20th century, Wolffe almost succeeded on the following attempts: * August 5th 1907 from England to a mile of

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the book by J. Frost called The Art Of Swimmingpublished in 1818, an era when most people in the water swam breaststroke or some form of sidestroke, he wrote the following passage on quadruped swimming: “There is nothing very striking in quadruped swimming, and but little progress can

Courtesy of WOWSA, Tarrytown, New York. Jen Schumacher knows what she is talking about – and athletes of all types seek her advice and guidance. From her young age group swimming days to the years where she traveled far and wide to swim across channels from Hawaii to the Strait of Gibraltar, Schumacher learned how

Courtesy of Alessandro Pilati, Monterosso, Italy. The 15 km Gran Fondo Cinque Terre is the first stage of the 2019 Gran Fondo Italia (Italian Long Distance Circuit) this summer. The coastal swim will be held on June 15th in Monterosso, Liguria, Italy. For more information on the 15 km Gran Fondo Cinque Terre, visit here.

Courtesy of Alessandro Pilati, Castellabate, Italy. The Gran Fondo Golfo Di Castellabate is a 15 km open water swim organized by Gran Fondo Italia on July 7th in Castellabate, Campania, Italy. Alessandro Pilati describes the coastal swim, “Swimmers hug the coast for 15 km. They swim along the protected marine area of Castellabate, a town

Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Onega, Petrozavodsk, Russia. The International Winter Swimming Association World Cup series included stages in the epicenters of the winter swimming community, organized and promoted by visionary Mariia Yrjö-Koskinen of Finland [shown on left] together with John Coningham-Rolls, Aleksandr Jakovlev, and Roman Karkachev. She explains, “The World Cup events included the 10th

Courtesy of WOWSA, Virginia Key, Biscayne Bay, Florida. Jonathan Strauss is organizing what is the make-or-break first step to the 2020 Olympic Games podium. America’s fastest open water swimmers will all be in Miami on May 3rd – 5th to compete in the 2019 U.S. Open Water Swimming Championships. Everyone of the top athletes are