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U.S. Masters Swimming will present an Open Water Swim Clinic in conjunction with the USMS 25K Open Water Nationals in Noblesville, Indiana. The clinic is jam-packed with several experienced open water swimmers and headlines two Triple Crown swimmers (Mallory Mead and Jim Barber. The coaching staff has more than 100 years of open water swimming […]
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SANTOS, Brazil. Professional marathon swimmers have a choice this coming Sunday: compete 10K off the Atlantic shore in Santos, Brazil in the opening leg of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup or race 57K in the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix between Santa Fe and Coronda in Argentina. 31 women and 58 men
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. The ever-positive, always-energetic disabled swimmer Salvatore Cimmino continues on his A nuoto nei mari del globo (Swimming in the Seas of the Globe) project. Salvatore will swim 40K in the Republic of the Congo from Kiumba on Idwji Island to Goma in April. Salvatore explains his next swim, “The DRC is
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“We are looking for one more swimmer to participate with us – swimming for short 20-minute swims 4-5 times over a 24-30 hour period in sub-5 waters near the Arctic Circle,” explained British extreme swimmer Jack Bright. “We are trying to have as many nations represented as possible and adding an American would be very
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DOVER, England. Petar Stoychev, the only person to swim under 7 hours in the English Channel, knows the value of preparing himself in every aspect of the sport. He trains, he eats, he travels and he races like the 11-time professional marathon swimming champion he is. And he shaves down. While shaving down is not
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7-time world marathon swimming championship Shelley Taylor-Smith talks about racing against the world’s top professional marathon swimming men and sleeping in her togs here at the 2010 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California. Courtesy of The Athlete Village Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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The aQuellé Midmar Mile in South Africa is coming up. The world’s largest open water swimming race is an extravaganza like no other. But, it was not always that way. It was a long road to its current success, building the race year after year. Its race staff and volunteers worked hard and strategically to
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Dr. Peter Attia continues his War on Insulin with his latest article on irisin, the magic exercise hormone. Peter always pens thought-provoking missives that serve as educated, logical analyses of nutrition, health and sports performance issues. He backs up his statements and beliefs with hard science, physiological facts and self experimentation. His goal, which is
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The goal of most open water swimmers is to finish their race or swim. They are not in a race against the clock or their fellow swimmers. Their competitor is, frankly, the elements and the course itself. They enjoy the challenge and the beauty of swimming from Point A to Point B, followed by relishing
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With the world covered with water and the world so dominated by oceans (Antarctic or Southern, Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific), do we have one ocean or different oceans? Prior to 2000, the world’s geographers defined only four oceans (Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific), but in 2000, the International Hydrographic Organization announced the fifth and
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