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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimming, especially in a non-competitive environment, is occasionally described by some as being meditative or a form of aquatic zen. Swimmers can zone out for long or short periods where their mind thinks of nothing concrete, one specific thing over and over again, or lots of different […]
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We think the physicality and mental fortitude required to swim in the oceans is an activity that taxes humans like no other for various reasons: Solitary Adversity, Physical Exposure, Absence of Perception, Survival Dependence, and Intensity of Experience. Open water swimming, whether done by channel swimmers enduring the cold or triathletes in wetsuits, invites an
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Helen Beveridge Aspiring To The Extreme Courtesy of WOWSA, Loch Ness, Scotland. Helen Beveridge is making up for some lost time. Beveridge is a Scottish open water swimmer whose goals include completing both a solo crossing and a relay swim across the English Channel as she raising funds in support of Aspire, a charity who
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Besides beach volleyball, is there any other sport in the world where people strip off their clothes and share so many experiences and create such a friendly atmosphere as there is in swimming? It seems inconsistent as inhibitions go. On one level, swimming proves that the fewer clothes worn, the greater the degree of mutual
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New York’s Lance Ogren successfully completed the final leg of his Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming today with a successful Catalina Channel swim in 10 hours 16 minutes. Escorted by Captain John Pittman on the Outrider, his observers were Tina Neill and Becky Jackman-Beeler, two other members of the Triple Crown of Open Water
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In viewing the results from the 10 km U.S. Masters Swimming National Championships, it was interesting to compare men versus women. 28 women (averaging 40.75 years old) and 38 men (averaging 44.8 years old) completed the 10 km race in Lake Mead. Led by Bill May, the men’s overall average time was 2 hours 46
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When Skin Is In The Game, Swimming Country By Country Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Some people put pins in a map at their home or office as an indication of the cities they have visited. Others look at the stamps in their passports in order to remember the places they have swum. And
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There will be 3 separate Google Hangouts for World Ocean Day on June 8th. The 3 sessions cover Asia, Europe and the United States. You can join in the online conversation here. World Ocean Day is a global day of celebration for people around the planet to honor the body of water which links all
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There is a storm brewing in the northeastern part of the United States and it is churning up a whole lotta open water swims. Today, with the efforts of Frans Lawaetz, Ulla Hester, Tom Gastel, and Karen Greene of the Charles River Swimming Club – and many others like them, the Charles River Swim kicks
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It is a new quadrennial and new open water swimming stars will undoubtedly emerge at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Their efforts will be marked for the first time by podium finishes at a world championships. Their hard work and commitment to the sport will be paid off…and more expectations will be
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