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Courtesy of Farther, Colder, Rougher – adventures in marathon swimming, San Francisco, California. Evan Morrison pondered about one proposed definition of a cold water marathon swim: swimming 10 km unassisted at a maximum water temperature of 10°C (50°F) among his Marathon Swimmers Federation colleagues. The benchmark is a tough one, but one in which probably […]
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Alejandro Larriera Swims Well Into His 60s Courtesy of El Litoral, Gentileza Prensa Maratón Santa Fe-Coronda, Argentina. Alejandro Larriera is a former professional marathon swimmer who swam the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda course in the opposite direction (i.e., he swam the entire course upstream from Coronda to Santa Fe). The
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Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Times. Sean Doolittle won the 2017 Tampa Bay Frogman Swim, a charity swim in Florida for the Navy SEAL Foundation, in 1 hour 3 minutes. “The current was a little strong,” said 14-year-old from St. Petersburg. “But I kept my focus on the Gold Star families who we came out
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Henry Charteris Hooper was the first person to swim from Robben Island to the South African mainland on Cape Town. His crossing in 1909 took him in 6 hours 55 minutes. But it took another 65 years before a female duplicated Hooper’s famed crossing. Marie van der Merwe, a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ingemar Macarine does more unprecedented channel crossings that any contemporary marathon swimmer in the world. The Filipino attorney is in an ideal location to plan, train for and complete channel swims, among more than 7,000 islands in his native country. This week, he was in Siquijor Island where he
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Madhu Nagaraja has crossed the English Channel and the Maui Channel as well as completed the Marathon Des Sables and a 52 km crossing of Lake Ontario in traditional marathon swims. Jennifer Figge has done a number of transoceanic swims in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, far away
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Meditation In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Guided visualization, mindfulness and meditation are practices used by many endurance athletes. A few swimmers describe their individual forms of meditation: Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Do you practice meditation? Capri Djatiasmoro: Yes. Penny Nagel: Yes. Eric Helmick: I memorize scripture from the
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Video courtesy of HD Production, Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany. Content courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association. The International Ice Swimming Association announced a revised set of swimming rules governing its events and swims. Changes included the following: 1. Addition of the International Ice Swimming Association Medical Assessment Form. The Form
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “We held our Cold Water Camp over the weekend,” reported English Channel record holder Trent Grimsey. “All the swimmers did really well.” After retiring from the sport, Grimsey started coaching with his younger brother Codie at Grimsey Adult SwimFit. “Last year I coached five solo swimmers who all successfully
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Courtesy of Darren Miller, Team Forever. Team Forever will host the 4th Annual Three Rivers Marathon Swim (3RMS) on September 23rd. “This unique open water swimming event benefits Team Forever, which donates 100% of the 3RMS profit to the Forever Fund,” explains race visionary and organizer Darren Miller. “The fund benefits local families in need
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