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The new 26-mile Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test (END-WET) in the mighty Red River of the North will run from Grand Forks in North Dakota to Oslo, Minnesota on July 21st. While the race is open to kayakers (single or double), canoers, surfskiers, stand-up paddle boarders and relay swimmers (with 2-6 members), the eyes […]
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The Swim Across America Baltimore event on September 23rd offers a free 16-week Michael Phelps Swim School program. Chairperson Debbie Dawson explains, “Swimmers have the choice of the pool or open water swims in our efforts to support The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. At Swim Across America, our events are dedicated
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Professor Joel Rosentsweig is a former college professor in Southern California who took up swimming at the age of 77 because he could not run anymore. Over the next five years, he transformed his aerobic base developed on land to swimming up and down a local pool. But his daughter planted a seed in her
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Marisa Frieder, who blazed the 11-mile traverse in the Willamette River through Portland, Oregon, and founder of the Portland Bridge Swim, revealed details of the 2012 swim through downtown Portland on July 22nd. The river course takes swimmers through the heart of the city and under all 11 of its bridges. This year, competition is
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The boat is rocking to and fro. It is misty or raining. It is dark at night with boxes and bags all over the place. Many crew members and escort kayakers have experienced these conditions on open water swims in all kinds of venues and conditions. While open water swimmers and their escorts arrange and
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Former English Channel world record holder Lyndon Dunsbee was inducted as an Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1988. His 1984 France-to-England crossing set a record (8 hours 34 minutes) that was only surpassed 3 times since (Eric Johnson with a 8:20 crossing in 1985, Philip Rush with a 8:15
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1. A sprint takes you at least 2 hours 2. You know Lava is a magazine 3. Your training bikes cost you more than your car 4. You own many wetsuits in different thicknesses 5. You have 3 coaches, a nutritionist, and a masseuse 6. Bonking is a common topic of discussion 7. Kona only
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U.S. Masters Swimming and Ben Christoffel of Liquid Media shared a Bronze Telly Award at the 33rd Annual Telly Awards for “We Are U.S. Masters Swimming”, a promotional video about the American adult swimming governing body. “We sought to create a video that would have wide appeal showcasing our heart and soul,” explained Rob Butcher,
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With thousands of swimmers gearing up for various kinds of open water swims over the next several months, everyone is gearing up for all kinds of weather and water conditions. Predictions are usually hopeful, commonly optimistic and rarely accurate – and completely in line with the open water swimming mantra, Expect the Unexpected. Just hope
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National Geographic Channel will broadcast the Enigma Man on Thursday, May 10th at 7 pm across the United States. The entertaining and educational show features an open water swimmer with a highly developed, extraordinarily unusual physical and psychological profile. The show will also start airing in Australia on May 21st. Then, the rest of the
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