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The 39th aQuellé Midmar Mile will showcase a head-to-head competition between Keri-Anne Payne (shown on left) and two leading American swimmers Christine Jennings and Ashley Twichell at the popular Midmar Dam resort next February. Keri-Anne, the odds-on Olympic 10K Marathon Swim gold medal favorite has dominated the aQuellé Midmar Mile in recent years. The quick […]
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Salvatore Cimmino is swimming in the Seas of the Globe in order to raise awareness about physical disabilities. After getting his leg amputated at the age of 15, his passion to help others drives him around the world. In addition to swims in Israel and Italy, Salvatore swam 42K in Argentina, 20K in Canada and
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Doug Woodring is a lightening rod of positive energy and practical action. He not only organizes the Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim and Sheko Challenge open water race in Hong Kong, but he works to bring awareness and practical solutions to the problems of pollution in our ocean. Co-founder of the successful Project Kaisei and
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Petar Stoychev extended his unprecedented dominance over the professional marathon swimming world for the 11th consecutive year. He started out the year by winning the 57K FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix race in Argentina for the 10th year in a row and finished by winning his 11th consecutive Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If the name of Bill Ireland comes up at an open water swim somewhere around the world, no matter what the continent or time of year, it is highly probable that name refers to the exact same guy. Bill is a personable attorney from Los Angeles, California who simply
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Open Water Source coaches advocate a variety of strategies and tactics in open water swims or triathlon swim legs. Two such concepts include the Edge Effect and the Mid-Pack Draft. The Edge Effect For most short-distance open water swims or triathlon swim legs, Open Water Source coaches often advocate navigating the course and crowds by
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According to Bob Kenworthy of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, blood on clothing is best removed with salt water. Blood contain hemoglobin which contains iron. The iron gives blood its red color. When salt water is poured on the bloody clothes, the salt displaces the iron in the hemoglobin which causes the red color to fade.
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Yutaka Shinozaki founded and developed the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association (JIOWSA) to be a 9-month-long, 14-part open water swimming series in Japan. From Okinawa to Honshu, Shinozaki-san and his staff and volunteers have created an enjoyable, safe, competitive open water swim series for all ages and abilities. From the pre-race beach clean-ups to
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In this fourth episode on nutrition and open water swimming, Open Water Source talks with Dr. Peter Attia about diet and the inflammation response. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Steve West has been a world-class American breaststroker and surfer for three decades. At the age of 39, the Huntington Beach, California native and CEO of Project Insight, recently became the oldest American male to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials. In this conversation with Swimming World Magazine,
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