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Escort pilots are the umbilical cord between the open water swimmer and safety. Without them, swimmers literally could not swim (straight) from Point A to Point B. They are the selfless, professional guides of the marathon swimming and channel swimming world. Below is a all-too-short listing of some of the more experienced pilots around the […]
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Open Water Source brings you a variety of workouts – from training sessions in an ocean to sets in the pool – to help you improve your open water swimming performance. Today’s set is for the pool and primarily for those competing in open water swims under 5 km. Purpose: Speed work Goal: Learn how
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Whenever there is a close race, fans and spectators occasionally wonder, “Why can’t in-the-water open water swims have the same type of timing systems like pool swimming?” There are practical reasons: 1. The finish of an open water race is on a floating pontoon sitting upon a dynamic body of water. That is, the finish
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The Goddess of London, an expensive swimsuit by Aquadiva, costs $400, but there is a catch. An Olympic catch. All proceeds – $400 – from each sale goes directly to support Australian Olympic athlete – like open water swimmer Melissa Gorman. Customers choose which Olympian they wish to support. Aquadiva describes its suitsuit as “The
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Marathon swimming legend Kevin Murphy recalls, “On one of my swims, the guy feeding me suggested that I’d been sick so often he should throw my feed straight in the sea and cut out the middleman.” On a more serious note, what is the practical solution that the 34-time English Channel Hall of Famer advocates?
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Event Director Kitty Tetreault of Swim Across America announced a two-fer weekend in Massachusetts. On Friday, July 13th, the Boston Harbor Swim is a 22-mile charity relay around beautiful Boston Harbor Islands. The day starts early when swimmers and volunteers meet at sunrise at Rowes Wharf in Boston and board the Mon Amour and Secret
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Dan Martin announced yesterday the delay of his unprecedented Global Triathlon due to insurmountable problems with his escort boat. After years of preparation and fund-raising, the necessary repairs and remaining problems unexpectedly delayed the start of his first leg, a swim across the Atlantic Ocean. With the hurricane season underway in the Atlantic Ocean, a
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Penny Palfrey’s ground team in America has announced her press conference on her 103-mile attempt from Cuba to Florida will be held Thursday at the Hemingway Marina in Havana with a tentative start scheduled for Friday morning. Her escort boat is charging towards Havana, Cuba from Key West, Florida with reportedly all systems go. Fans
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The Swim Across America Long Island Sound event is in its 20th year. It aims to raise US$1,320,000 for its 1-, 4- and 6-mile events. Event Director Tony Sibio is excited for another record-breaking event. With swimmers like Mark McCooey (US$23,420), Timothy Connors (US$9,400), Kaitlin Connors (US$7,500), John Mara, Jr. (US$6,380) and Erin Mahoney Cassin
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Cape Verde is one of the western most points of Africa. The island country spans an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 km off the coast of Western Africa. David Yudovin completed the first channel swim in the country with yesterday’s very difficult 10.3 nm swim across Canal de São
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