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If man had lived and swam in the oceans 244 million years ago, swimmers would found themselves swimming among some really huge sea monsters, a 8.6-meter-long reptile with lots of sharp teeth. The creature, described online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was an early ichthyosaur that existed for a relatively […]
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The 37-year journey of Californian Kathie Hewko, a real estate agent who has regularly swum underneath the Golden Gate Bridge since 1976, is a might impressive streak of nearly four decades. In April 2013, Hewko will reach her 38-year anniversary over which times she has completed 87 crossings, the most prolific Golden Gate Bridge swimmer
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Channel swimmers are the apex of the open water swimming world. They swim the further, sacrifice the most, endure the longest, and encounter the toughest conditions possible. Whether in the English Channel, they face the cold, or in the tropics, they face sharks and jellyfish. In some locations as
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Mike McCormick, State Director of Best Buddies Hawaii, and his staff and volunteers work daily to create opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. “Our programs are flourishing and continuing to grow in our fourth year in Hawaii. This year we expanded by starting a new
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Pat Gallant-Charette announced that the Valentines Day…Swim for your Heart (formerly Swim for Your Heart Feb 14) is a tribute to Norway’s Alexander Dale Oen, a 2008 Olympic silver medalist, who died of a heart attack at the age of 26. “The Swim For Your Heart is meant to bring an awareness of heart disease
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One of the hardest things to do in the open water is to resist the temptation to look up. While it is occasionally necessary to look up and forward (sighting) towards the next turn buoy, to a swimmer in front, to the finish, or to the other shore, swimmers should swim with their head down,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While many channel swimmers use a water bottle on a string as a means to feed and hydrate on their marathon swims, there is an alternative that many professional marathon swimmers use. They use a feeding stick (or feeding pole). All of these feeding sticks are hand-made. The instruments
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Gábor Molnár will start another excellent adventure down the Körös River at Bekesszentandras, Hungary. His 2012 solo swim was 23 miles (37.2 km) in length. But he is planning a longer 30-mile (48.2 km) swim in the summer of 2013 in grander fashion. “This year I am planning to go back to Hungary and do
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus is a book written by American author John Gray. The relationship counselor explains that most of the relationship problems between men and women result from fundamental differences between the genders and describes men and women as coming from distinct planets. If
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Kūlia i ka nu‘u is a Hawaiian-language term that literally means “strive to reach the summit”. It is a traditional Hawaiian value of accomplishment and achievement. According to Managing With Aloha, people with this value continually pursue improvement and personal excellence. For these individuals, the most satisfying competition is with themselves. They consider their life
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