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To accurately guess your time on a 1000m test swim in the pool (without looking at the pace clock) takes practice and experience. To accurately guess your time on a 3 km swim in a calm lake (without looking at your wristwatch) is remarkable. To accurately guess your time on an English Channel swim is […]
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If there were expected encounters with jellyfish, we would most definitely want Dr. Angel Yanagihara on our escort boat. The woman knows jellyfish like Michael Oram knows navigation in the English Channel. Dr. Yanagihara is on her way to Cuba now from Honolulu to Cuba in order to participate on Diana Nyad’s attempt across the
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With the marriage of Nick and Dr. Sakura Adams (née Hingley), we are reminded how the marriage of two open water swimmers produces a profound relationship greater than the sum of its parts. Couples dot the landscape in the open water swimming world. The pairs tend to be prolific in their performances, personable in their
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Hawkins Biggins produced a fantastic bit of photography and videography on the Ka’iwi Channel Swim here. Her choice of photos and videos accurately captures the conditions and challenge of crossing the Ka’iwi Channel between Molokai and Oahu. Watch here.
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Steven Robles finished his swim across the Catalina Channel last week, but he had a close call that required hospitalization. Donna Littlejohn of The Daily Breeze, a local newspaper, tells about his difficult swim here. She writes, “As Steven Robles recounted the tale, it sounded like the swim from hell…“
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The Oceans Seven is an open water swimming challenge that has attracted the attention of some of the world’s greatest channel swimmers. While the quest to achieve the Oceans Seven is a challenge that is reserved for the most committed individuals, relays can provide an enjoyable alternative. Currently Chris Kraus, Brian Ross, and Rick Gaenzle
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“I have really been touched by how this program is taking on a life of it’s own,” explains Bruckner Chase. “We have now been heading into the open water every Sunday. Literally rain or shine for the past 5 weeks. The most exciting outcome of this program is the impact we see on those who
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Robert and Beth Margalis joined a global pantheon of husband-and-wife open water swimming pairs who are successful nearly every time they hit the open water. Like Penny and Chris Palfrey, Angela Maurer and Nikolai Evseev, Nacho Grignaschi and Noelli Petti, Damian Blaum and Esther Nuñez, Pilar Geijo and Diego Tricárico, Mike and Cynthia Lewis, Sally
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Some swimmers do not want to look below them in the ocean. They do not want to see anything floating or swimming below them. And some do not want to see what is coming at them. Copyright © 2013 by Open Water Swimming
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This weekend, Olympic silver medalist Haley Anderson is going home to Granite Bay in northern California this weekend. But she will be back and continue training with Dave Salo and Catherine Vogt at the Trojan Swim Club in Los Angeles. Anderson is simply going home as part of USA Swimming Athlete Partnership Program that will
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