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South African Olympian Jessica Roux successfully defended her title for the third consecutive year at the 2012 Swimming Plus Marina Mile held at Marina Martinique. “I love racing in the Marina and felt strong throughout the Mile. The Marina is where [open water swimming] all started for me. I will be racing a lot more […]
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Open water swimmers take all kinds of things with them on their travels, through airports and on boats. GPS units, feeding sticks, hand paddles, whistles, bags of goo, lanolin, and tubs of powdered drink formulations. Passing through American airports with these items in carry-on bags is frequently an opportunity to educate the security agents from
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tony Austin, one of the swimming community’s most prolific and knowledgeable bloggers, described Chloe McCardel‘s upcoming 103-mile marathon swim across the Florida Strait from Cuba to Florida as “possible and I suspect she is capable physically and mentally to do it. Comparing this swim to the first Mt Everest
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Diligent, passionate, fit. These are only some of the positive characteristics that can describe many swimmers, especially those who are working adults who consistently train before and after work or during their lunch breaks. These U.S. Masters Swimming members, including many open water athletes, participate in the Go The Distance program where they voluntarily log
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Along one of the most popular beaches in Uruguay sits Playa Banco Pelay, a serene beach of 7 kilometers with white sand surrounded by lush vegetation. La Maratón de Aguas Abiertas Las Tres Playas is a 3-race event held in Playa Banco Pelay, Concepción del Uruguay. The races include a 750m, 2.5 km and 6
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The Bold and Beautiful Swim Squad Manly is a creative, joyous, adventurous group of swimmers of all ages, abilities and backgrounds who meet 365 days a year at swim at 7 am. Bold and Beautiful started on December 27th in 2008 and has never yet failed to conduct a morning ocean workout since. Sometimes, as
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FINA announced its Athletes of the Year for 2012. Based on a vote of its 202 National Member Federations, media representatives and aquatic experts, the FINA Open Water Swimming Athletes of 2012 are, not surprisingly, Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia and Eva Risztov of Hungary. The pair swam to gold medal victories in the Olympic 10km
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Jamie’s Swim Camp III, The Lake Tahoe Edition, the California counterpart to the Cork Distance Week led by Ned Denison, features a theme: Swim, Stay and Play. The 4-day camp will be held August 8th – 11th in the beautiful waters of Lake Tahoe. While the Cork Distance Week in Ireland is about acclimating the
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John Kenny was a former member of the USA Swimming national open water swimming team and professional marathon swimmer who turned his talents to the triathlon world. Kenny’s latest podcast is here. He is also hosting triathlon camps in Austin, Texas in February and in Florida in March as well as running his adult swim
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Sarasota YMCA Sharks Masters Swimming holds its Open Water Saturday workouts throughout the year at Siesta Key Beach in Sarasota on the west coast of Florida. Open Water Saturdays is an official U.S. Master Swimming team-sanctioned workout where swimmers of all levels are welcome to the group swim. Siesta Beach is known as one of
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