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Nabil ElShazly Leaves A Wide Wake In The Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Alexandria, Egypt. Nabil ElShazly is a waterman through and through. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, he traveled the world competing as a professional marathon swimmer, raised two sons who followed in his footsteps, and who continued to coach hundreds of marathon swimmers and channel […]
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Part of the lure of open water swimming is the opportunity to travel to new places and experience all different types of venues. Ask any experienced and elite open water swimmer where they have raced, and the chances are very good that it will be a lengthy list. While most pool swimmers will tell you
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Jose Diaz, the most prolific writer and commentator in the Spanish-speaking open water swimming world is publishing a book in May that is inspired by open water swimming. The book is called The sacred masks in Wakahay Island (Las Máscaras sagradas en la isla de Wakahay in Spanish). “It is a beautiful story that is
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Diana Nyad will warm-up swimming 24 hours nonstop beginning at 6 pm on April 20th in the Palm Springs Swim Center in the middle of the Southern California desert in order to benefit the Hurricane Sandy Relief fund. Nyad and her donors will be raising money to help the survivors of Hurricane Sandy which was
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Glenn Mills was world-class and Olympic swimmer who founded GoSwim.tv. GoSwim.tv is an online property that has created the largest amount of authoritative swimming technique materials. Mills creates and markets swimming DVDs and online information featuring world champions, world record holders and Olympians showcasing the best techniques in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, starts and turns.
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Elite open water swimmers are accustomed to putting in hours of training day in and day out, often swimming more miles per week than most people would dream of running. Two workouts a day of at least 7,000 meters, combined with dryland training, is usually considered the minimum to build the stamina, strength and speed
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Due to the number of deaths in the swim leg in triathlons, there is a growing interest and need to conduct research on the sport of open water swimming. But there is a significant lack of published and ongoing research outside of studies of hypothermia. But the issue can be complicated. But any number of
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Jennifer Perewiznyk Bew is attempting a 25.5-mile aquathlon, which she is calling GA Coastal Aquathons, where she will complete a clockwise circumnavigation of running and swimming around St. Catherines, a barrier island in the state of Georgia in the United States. The aquathon adventure begins on the northern tip of the island with two beach
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What do these individuals have in common? Captain Matthew Webb, George Young, Keo Nakama (shown on left), Mercedes Gleitze, Barry Devonport, Tom Blower, and David Yudovin. Hint: The Oceans Seven. These were the first individuals who crossed each of the channels in the Oceans Seven (English Channel in 1875, Catalina Channel in 1927, Molokai Channel
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What kind of office would open water swimmers want to have? What kind of boss and co-workers would they appreciated? We would certainly want an office with a view, preferably an ocean view with an island in the background. The office would need no air conditioning or heater as the ocean breeze would be a
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