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We have heard the conversations before that the Honour Swimmers in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame are “not in the same class” as the Honor Swimmers in the International Swimming Hall of Fame. While the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) honourees are marathon swimmers who are clearly slower (in general) than […]
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Parenting is a joy as much as it can be challenge. But parenting of an open water swimmer takes on special meanings for parents who are experienced in open water swimming and, especially, those who are not. The veteran swimmer, as both an athlete and parent, knows intimately well the joys and challenges of the
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Great Swims In Great Lakes Courtesy of WOWSA, Great Lakes. Josh Heynes swam 24.3 miles across Lake Erie two times, five years apart. In 2006, he finished his first swim in the Great Lakes in 11 hours 53 minutes to set the record. It was subsequently beaten by Randy McElwain who lowered the bar across
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American Olympian Alex Meyer is flying from Boston to Perth to participate in the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Open Water Challenge this week. And he has many good reasons to do so. The Open Water Challenge is going to be an extravaganza with plenty of prize money offered to not only the young pros
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“On pins and needles” means to be worried, anxious, excited or in suspense about something. The ecosystem of the Padre Island National Seashore (shown here and here) is something to be worried about. If an open water swimmer ever decided to swim around Padre Island National Seashore (PINS) in Texas along the northern Gulf of
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Alan Arkin is a prolific American actor who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the movie Little Miss Sunshine. He is alive and well, but told Men’s Journal that has already wrote his epitaph. “He started out as a particle and ended up a wave.” In the interview with Men’s Journal, he
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The American octogenarians and their senior colleagues who participated in the 2012 U.S. Masters Swimming Go The Distance program included the following role models: Women 80-84 DJ Murray (82) 493.69 miles (794 km) Joan K Campbell (82) 306.81 miles (493 km) Barbara Eisele (82) 233.10 miles (375 km) Jeane M Gruender (84) 168.24 miles (270
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Orukayak has done it. The innovative company and designer Anton Willis just solved a huge issue for open water swimmers who wish to swim with an escort in far-away places…or even waters near their home. Willis created the Oru Kayak, a watertight 12-foot long kayak that folds in a carrying case. The Oru Kayak website
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Rob Kent is a marathon swimmer and endurance athlete who is the driving force behind L.O.S.T. (Lake Ontario Swim Team). His passion and enthusiasm for open water swimming for triathletes and marathon swimming for committed solo swimmers know few bounds. Day in and day out, spring, summer, fall and winter, Kent is on the ball
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In 2012, Olympian Allan do Carmo took a risky, but ultimately a less-than-optimal course, in the 15 km Travessia Mar Grande-Salvador and was upset by his younger Brazilian competitors. But he was not about to make the same mistake twice and won the 50th annual Travessia Mar Grande Salvador over a stellar field including American
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