To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
At the upcoming FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier in Setúbal Bay, Portugual, there are dozens of athletes whose road to the Olympics are back stories that exemplify the global nature of the sport of open water swimming. A relative newcomer to the sport from a country with beautiful beaches, Heidi Gan of Malaysia is an […]
Hopes For Heidi, Games For Gan? Read More »
The Tabata method is a popular training regimen for land-based athletes based on a landmark 1996 study by Izumi Tabata of the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya City, Japan. The Tabata method uses 20 seconds of ultra-intense exercise (at near maximum intensity) followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated continuously for 4
Tabata Method In The Open Water Read More »
What started as one man’s dream last year has blossomed to the world’s longest and largest ultra-marathon stage swim. David Barra and Rondi Davies organize the 2nd 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim, a 7-day stage swim down the Hudson River in the state of New York that covers 120 miles (193 km). The swim, begins
A Long Week Swimming Down The Hudson River Read More »
The Sandhills Sandsharks will host for the 2012 North Carolina Open Water Championships on June 2nd with distances from 400m to 5 km. The championships will be held in Lake Echo, Seven Lakes with some of the most stringent safety standards in the U.S. For more information, visit here. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water
Swimming With The Sandsharks Read More »
Landmarks for open water swimmers can take all different forms, shapes and sizes. But some swimmers like Lynne Cox, Colin Hill, Ram Barkai, Ned Denison, Simon Murie, Penny Palfrey and Jen Schumacher regularly travel more than others. The sights they see and guide off of in the water are incredible in their diversity. Lewis Pugh
Landmarks Of Lewis Read More »
Channel swimming, marathon swimming and open water swimming is exploding in popularity around the world, with some swimmers having to wait for years to attempt their swim of choice. But swimmer’s endurance colleagues are also experiencing extended waiting periods, sometimes en route as CBS reports on the traffic jam on Mount Everest: Copyright © 2012
Mount Everest, The English Channel Of Mountaineering Read More »
CIBBOWS is growing. The Coney Island Brighton Beach Open Water Swimmers is a non-profit group of over 700 swimmers in New York who organize daily ocean training swims and a series of fun and challenging ocean races including one-mile races, marathon swims and cold-water events on Coney Island Brighton Beach. CIBBOWS also offers a Swim
CIBBOWS Big Dreams On The East Coast Read More »
With the English Channel and Catalina Channel season soon to get underway, hundreds of marathon swimmers around the world are in the middle of their hard training. While every swim is a victory, the world record progression for the fastest times in the English Channel is below (irrespective of direction). With the exception of 4
Swimming Faster And Faster In The English Channel Read More »
Alexandra Panayides who represents Cyprus on the international marathon swimming circuit had a blazing day at this past weekend’s Great London Swim at London’s Victoria Dock. The rapidly emerging Panayides, wearing neoprene, won the event in 20:06 coming in third overall. Olympic marathon swimming gold medal favorite Keri-Ann Payne, who swam in a different heat
Alexandra Panayides Emerges In The Great London Swim Read More »
If you were to attempt a trans-Atlantic Ocean solo swim, or serve as a pace swimmer, what might an open water swimmer face out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean? Ron Adley of Ocean Care Solutions hazards (pun intended) an educated guess based on the assumption that a swimmer begins in New York or
Up From The Depths In The Middle Of The Ocean Read More »