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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We have been on long swims before, across channels and lakes and down rivers, but swimming across an ocean is unfathomable to us. But such a transoceanic swim is all in Michael Ventre‘s life plans. He wants to become the first person to swim 3,800 miles (6,115 km) from […]
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Photos of Herman van der Westhuizen serving as a second during a training swim on Mount Muelas Muertes with Jean Craven and Chris Marthinusen in the water, courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg about the Madswimmers The Big Swim on Mt Ojos del Salado in Argentina. The advantage of doing high-altitude swimming up on a volcano is
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Photos of Herman van der Westhuizen on Mount Muelas Muertes, courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg about the Madswimmers The Big Swim on Mt Ojos del Salado in Argentina. The advantage of doing high-altitude swimming up on a volcano is the availability of a 30ºC (86ºF) thermal bath right next to the 8ºC (46ºF) lake. Herman van
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Year-round open water swimming pods in California – from the La Jolla Cove Swim Club and Sea Monkeys in Seal Beach to the Open Water Swim Club in Huntington Beach and Oak Street Thalassic Society in Laguna Beach – may be in for lots of rough water training and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We are always touched by the camaraderie shown by open water swimmers. In this photo by Dr. Jim Miller of the action at the feeding station during the 2009 women’s 25 km world championship race, the legendary swimmer Fran Crippen is shown holding a feeding stick to provide hydration
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Website designer Rebecca Taylor continued to swim in the pool and open water during her pregnancy with her third child. When asked about the difference between swimming normally and when pregnant, Taylor replied, “I feel maybe a little colder – and definitely colder by the end of the swim
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We occasionally read about research studies and academic papers on the benefits of vigorous exercise and endurance sports. But these studies are nearly always about marathon runners, cyclists or other ultra long distance dryland activities. We wonder if or when there will be a research study on the long-term
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michael Ventre wants to become the first person in history to complete a transoceanic swim from New York to London. If all goes to plan, he will step off the shore of New York in April 2017 en route to raise a target of £5 million for Oxfam. “Its
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Courtesy of the 11th edition of El Cruce, 3 km and 10 km Cancun to Isla Mujeres in Mexico.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Earlier this year, Trent Theroux completed a 16 hour 20 minute 41.5-mile circumnavigation swim around Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay. His charity swim, called Back to Newport, benefits RISE Above Paralysis, was a deeply personal cause. “13 years ago, I was run over by a motorboat. The
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