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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
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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Hydration is now considered a vital part of athletic performance and physical health by coaches, athletes and trainers. But it was not always so. Penny Dean, an inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame, recalls that marathon swimmers used to drink no more frequently than once
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COBH HARBOUR, Ireland. Niall O Crualaoich has done the English Channel, Ironman triathlons and represented his home country in the World Triathlon Firefighter Championships. He is also preparing for the sixth annual 1.8K Escape from Spike Island. “This year’s swim will be in August. The details will be published by the end of February.” The
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BAT or Brown Adipose Tissue (also known as brown fat) are recently discovered brown-colored cells that consume calories and generate heat while activated by the cold. Considering the amount of time that many open water swimmers spend in the cold water and shivering in temperatures in their swimwear while others are bundled up in warm
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Jack Bright‘s documentary, Winter Swimming, is fascinating look at the niche world of extreme swimming where freezing is a given reality. Jack’s narration is the ideal overlay on the visual world of snow and ice that he presents from the Czech Republic. The explanations and descriptions of the winter swimmers are helpful and educational, but
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Ram Barkai has a dream. An interesting, innovative goal: to get ice swimming of 1K in the Winter Olympics. The Winter Olympic Games have evolved since the first winter sports celebration in France in 1924. And it will continue to evolve as it plays to growing television and Internet audiences around the world. From its
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So what is it, what is it you are doing? Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad paraphrases the poet Mary Oliver at the end of her funny, colorful description of her extreme swims with the world’s most dangerous jellyfish. She poses these questions in an introspective speech at last year’s TedMed Conference in San Diego, California. Copyright
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James Pittar is undoubtedly one of the bravest adventurers in the world. There are blind mountaineers, disabled marathon runners and endurance athletes who have endured all kinds of injuries and setbacks of all kinds. But the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee from Sydney, endures in the ultimate of sensory deprivation. His exploits, documented
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Eney Jones will re-release her patented EneyBuoy, an innovative plastic pulling buoy whose buoyancy can be adjusted. “The ability for a swimmer to modify the buoyancy while pulling can mimic the fluctuating conditions and buoyancy in the open water,” said the world-class swimmer from the University of Florida who has won masters championships in every
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