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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Marathon swimmers love facing and overcoming everything the ocean can throw at them. And there are few places like the desolate Farallon Islands. 30 miles west of San Francisco, the stretch of misery throws up barriers like few other places on Earth: rough water, cold water, jellyfish, tides, currents, the darkness of night and Great […]
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10 km world champion Spyridon Gianniotis is living up to his country’s gift to the endurance sports world. The Greek champion has won the last three marathon swims he has raced against the world’s best and is looking good as the leading gold medal contender for London. His latest victory came in the FINA 10km
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Experiential And Episodic Open Water Swimming Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Shane Gould and her husband Milt Nelms speak eloquently about swimming, whether it is in the pool or open water, whether it is for Olympic champions or newcomers who are dipping their toes in the ocean for the first time. The power couple
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Open water swimmers can benefit greatly from training occasionally strokes other than freestyle. The other strokes – butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke – help develop strength, balance, coordination and tactile feel for the water than enhances the abilities of triathletes and open water swimmers. While marathon swimmers have their own specific long-distance freestyle training sets, there
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Open water swimming heroes and heroines will gather in Long Beach, California to participate in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, the Global Open Water Swimming Conference and the World Open Water Swimming Awards on September 22nd and the open water swim on September 23rd. [Read more…] Copyright © 2012 by Open
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Typically, a crossover athlete in the open water refers to a pool swimmer who also competes in the open water or an open water swimmer who also competes in triathlon. But the International Swimming Hall of Fame reported one of the most prolific and best baseball players of all time was Mike Schmidt, considered by
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During the International Aquatic History Symposium & Film Festival in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, USA, the following people will present their work in an oral or poster presentation, or will showcase their film, in addition to offering book signings and exhibitions. The presentors will deliver their innovative, colorful, educational and humorous presentations throughout the International Marathon
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Mark Twain once said, “Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.” Was he possibly referring to endurance activities and talking about marathon athletes? Could his words of wisdom have profoundly summed up the thought process from the initial desire of “I want to cross the [English] Channel” … to “…what I am
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“Solitude matters,” says TED sensation Susan Cain who wrote Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking where she wrote about the differences and potential of introverts and extroverts. While extroverts are largely celebrated and encouraged in modern society, especially in the United States, Susan estimates that about 50% of Americans
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Thinking way outside the box… if open water swimmers were seen as the equivalent of the 100 million neurons that are estimated to exist in the human brain, then the Internet and its websites, blogs, online social networks and video-sharing services are helping tie together these neurons to make swimmers more intelligent, creative and inspirational
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