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Simon Murie wrote about the Cancer Research Swim Team that crossed the Irish Sea on September 1st in a time of 35 hours and 18 minutes. The relay featured Liane Llewellyn, Olly White, Becky Lewis, Nikki Fraser, Colm O’Neill, Jonathan Openshaw, Steve Parry, Ronan Keating, Pamela Stephenson, Jason Bradbury and Jenny Frost. “It was an […]
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As the antispokesperson for Columbia Sportswear, Wim Hof proves cold is his warm friend. Wim obviously has his mental thermostat turned on high despite the ambient temperature around him. He demonstrates his inner warmth it by doing all kinds of extreme events. “I am crazy about life,” and proves it time and time again as
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SWIM, a film by Matt Cook and Chantz Hoover, is about David Broyles and Rush Vann‘s marathon swim across the Strait of Gibraltar. To raise funds for severely wounded and disabled war veterans, David and Rush wanted a tough challenge in their honor. With their selection of the Strait of Gibraltar, they struggled and trained
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Ben Lecomte is setting off next April on the world’s longest swim. His stage swim, a charity swim for cancer, will be noteworthy on various levels: (1) the method he will swim, (2) the technology involved, (3) the people behind the technology, and (4) the technology itself. Firstly, Ben’s swim will be a true stage
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Spyridon Gianniotis keeps improving in the open water. His hard work and improved racing tactics all came together in Shanghai at the 2011 World Championships where he won the prestigious 10K race over favored Thomas Lurz and earn a hard-fought silver medal in the 5K. Spyridon is a man with a mission. For his two-medal
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Open Water Source will look at the 2012 Olympic medal hopefuls and dark horses in the series about the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim. Fans of the sport know well gold medal favorites like Keri-Anne Payne, Martina Grimaldi, Thomas Lurz and Spyridon Gianniotis, but there are also several veterans whose training and commitment, mixed with luck
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Open Water Source will look at the 2012 Olympic hopefuls and dark horses in the series of perspectives of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim. Fans of the sport know well gold medal favorites like Keri-Anne Payne, Martina Grimaldi, Thomas Lurz and Spyridon Gianniotis, but there are also several up-and-coming swimmers whose training and commitment, mixed
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In this episode of OpenWaterSwimming.com‘s ongoing series exploring nutrition for open water swimming, Dr. Peter Attia discusses the different types of carbohydrates. Previous episodes are here: Episode 1 and Episode 2. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Some people zone out when they do open water swimming. Some people sing songs…over and over again. Some people enjoy the scenery. Other think about work, school or family. But a handful of people study and think about homework as they methodically swim in the open water. That makes biological sense. Scientists have proven that
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINA launched a new section in its website devoted to the profile of its aquatic superstars. Among those athletes featured on FINA’s website include those athletes below who medaled in the 5 km, 10 km and 25 km races at the 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai, China. Facts
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