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Part 3 of a series on Tower 26 ocean swimming workouts is courtesy of WOWSA. Early morning workouts in Santa Monica Beach can be tough, but the warm-ups, in’s and out’s to turn buoys, beach runs, sprints back to shore, and pacing work can make athletes grimace and smile. Coach Gerry Rodrigues of Tower 26, […]
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Part 2 of a series on Tower 26 ocean swimming workouts is courtesy of WOWSA, California. Gerry Rodrigues of Tower 26 in Southern California is a coach who pays attention to the myriad details of the sport of open water swimming. During his early morning workouts on Santa Monica Beach, Coach Rodrigues asks the lifeguards
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Images courtesy of NBCOlympics.com of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Upper photo shows Jack Burnell on left in red swim cap behind Lijun Zu of China on right in red swim cap and gold medalist Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands, silver medalist Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece, and Marc-Antoine
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Susan Simmons of Canada set off today on another one of her mega marathon swims in her Swimming with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) series. For more information and constant updates on her 106 km swim across Cowichan Lake located on southern Vancouver Island in Canada’s British Columbia, visit #swimmingwithMS and
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Courtesy of Steve Walker, North Channel. After moving “kind of slow” the past few days, Steve Walker described his 11 hour 19 minute crossing of the North Channel between North Ireland and Scotland. “The swim went really well, mostly. Conditions were perfect and there was almost no wind. The weather this month has not been
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 51-year-old American Scott Wolford attempted to break the Marathon Swimmers Federation distance record of Chloë McCardel (124.4 km) with a 120-mile (193 km) swim in a round-trip course between Chicago, Illinois and St. Joseph, Wisconsin across Lake Michigan. Annabel Lavers reported that he aborted the charity swim attempt after
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. For the 47th consecutive year dating back to 1970, some of the world’s top swimmers will unite in Honolulu, Hawaii to partake in the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, one of America’s most iconic and influential open water swims. Not only have numerous Olympians and celebrities participated in the 2.384-mile (3.84
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Courtesy of Elaine Howley, Boston Light Swim. Swimmers have traveled from as far away as South Africa and Australia to take part in this year’s Boston Light Swim, an annual 8-mile open water swim across Boston Harbor held on August 20th. Dubbed the Granddaddy of American Open Water Swims, the Boston Light Swim is one
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