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Cliff Lumsdon (Canada), Kevin Murphy (Great Britain), Des Renford (Australia) and their female counterparts Cindy Nicholas, Alison Streeter and Shelley Taylor-Smith call to mind how incredibly resilient and passionate open water swimmers can be. The training that goes behind channel swims, lake swims and marathon swims is largely unseen．They are largely solitary efforts, planned and […]
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The long, cold nights of winter bring to mind the long, cold solo swims of International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Kevin Murphy. Over the course of his career, he has experienced more than his fair share of long, cold little dips as he calls his marathon efforts. “…in [my] Loch Ness [crossing], I
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So how cold is the water in Cape Town, South Africa? “In Cape Town, we are lucky in that the water temperatures varies all year round and week round so anything from an 8ºC (460ºF) swim to 16ºC (61ºF) swim is possible and probable. But the water seldom drops below 10ºC (50ºF),” explains Andrew Chin.
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“What is the water temperature?” is one of the most common questions asked before an open water competition. The venues for FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup events, FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix events, FINA World Swimming Championship races and relays, and FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championship events are dictated by specific
How Cold Can It Go? FINA Races In Cold Water Read More »
Held in an exquisitely beautiful ocean venue in Kagoshima, Japan, four 2012 London Olympic Games medalists and a number of 2012 Olympic swimmers including marathoner Yasunari Hirai, competed in the 5th annual Yakushima Open Water Swim. Yakushima, located off the southern island of Kyushu is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization designated World
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On the twelfth day of Christmas, | My coach sent to me | Twelve Tubs of Maxim | Eleven Pairs of Board Shorts | Ten Loads of Lanolin | Nine Tubes of Biodegradable Sunscreen | Eight Sets of Colorful Fundoshi | Seven Days at the Cork Distance Week | Six Boxes of Foggle Towelettes |
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TV Globo broadcast some great videos of victorious Australian Trent Grimsey and his female counterpart on top of the award podium, Ashley Twichell, from the King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) competition in Rio de Janeiro. TV Globo also captured some great footage of amateurs and Brazilian Olympian Allan do
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Swimmers support their sport and each other like few others. They share training information and tips about currents and weather. They paddle for each other and share kayaking friends with one other. They share feeding strategies and introduce pilots with each other. They lather on lanolin, Vaseline and sunscreen on each other. They help put
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Vicko Šoljan of Yugoslavia and Croatia was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2007 as an Honour Administrator. The long-time organizer of the 16 km Faros Maratón (since 1976) also founded the Croatian Long Distance Swimming Federation that was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour
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Ram Barkai and Lewis Pugh have followed in the footsteps of Lynne Cox in swimming in Antarctica. Barkai says, “Training is the most difficult and nauseous part of my cold-water attempts. It reminds me to respect the cold water with every stroke. When you are swimming on the edge of the human’s ability to cope,
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