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Warm, tropical waters sound very good to all the professional marathon swimmers who have been pounding out the miles in indoor pools and braving cold weather throughout the winter. They are all itching to head to Cozumel, Mexico next week for the next stop on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit. The Mexican […]
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In the most stunningly gorgeous stop on the professional marathon swimming circuit, dozens of the fastest open water swimmers in the world are heading their way to Cozumel, Mexico next week. Cozumel is a stunningly gorgeous island in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. The pro swimmers are treated like
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After participating in two Lake Travis Relay events, Lance Armstrong‘s previous acts as a professional cyclist has caught up with him in the open water swimming world. Dr Keith Bell, founder of the American Swimming Association, announced, “Lance Armstrong has been banned for life from competing in any ASA-sanctioned or -hosted event. Armstrong competed as
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In the pool, open water swimmers and triathletes can multi-task in different ways that can ultimately help them improve their level of concentration in open water swims and triathlon swim legs. While open water swimmers like Doug McConnell and Terry Laughlin stay focused doing repetitive counting while stroking along their marathon swims from the Catalina
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Swimmers Daily reported some incredibly sad – and hopeful – news about Olympic pool swimmer and open water swimmer Glen Christiansen. Christiansen, one of the most enthusiastic, passionate and knowledgeable swimmers we have ever had the honor to meet, is recovering from near-fatal injury and a medically-induced coma for 3 weeks. According to Swimmers Daily,
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The growth of marathon swimming is being mirrored on land. Since 2003, the half-marathon has been the fastest growing road distance race in the United States, according to Running USA’s 2013 Half-Marathon Report. Last year, the 13.1-mile (21 km) distance had 1,850,000 finishers, a whopping 14.9% increase from 2011. Like its aquatic equivalent, the number
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Bruckner Chase, also known as Uila O Le Sami in Samoa, has a Samoan-themed shoulder-sleeve tattoo that was created by Tufuga Wilson Fitiau in America Samoa. The tatau was created in the traditional way and makes Chase feel warm inside no matter what temperature of the water he swims in. “With the designs no matter
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When 5 open water swimming veterans dive into the waters of Milford Beach on Auckland’s North Shore on Saturday morning, they will be going for 10 out of 10. Of all the 1,600 participants in the 10th annual State King of the Bays Ocean Swim, these five will be the only ones to have swum
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2009 world 5 km champion Australian Melissa Gorman finds herself uncharacteristically in sixth place going into the final race at the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series. But she does not intend to stay in that position. Especially with $20,000 on the line. If Gorman wins the 2.8 km State King of the Bays event this
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