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There are four primary steps of the feeding process during a professional marathon swim. These principles are applicable to any type of open water swim, channel crossing or solo marathon swim.
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…to stand on the shore and feel the frigid temperature and the personal satisfaction of finishing…Gold Medal Mel produced a fine piece of camera work and prose in filming the RCP Tiburon Mile that will be presented by FINIS this next week on Comcast SportsNet Chicago. The RCP Tiburon Mile and Sprint Classic will be
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Los Angeles attorney Anthony Zamora did it by the books. Following the letter of the law (i.e., channel rules), he started his quest to become a member of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with a 9 hours 59 minute Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 2007. Eight weeks after his second successful Manhattan Island
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Darren Miller, who swam across the English Channel in 2010 and the Catalina Channel earlier this year is off to Hawaii on his third leg of the Oceans Seven. He will attempt the 26-mile Molokai Channel that presents additional obstacles on the way to the Oceans Seven: strong currents that can blow a swimmer right
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Openwaterswimming.com correspondent Mike Lewis will discuss adventure swimming with Jamie Patrick who has recently completed a 31-hour down the Sacramento River and is hosting an Adventure Swim Contest. Featured on an NBC/Universal Sports documentary, Jamie Patrick will talk about adventure swimming, a different niche in the open water swimming ecosystem than traditional channel swimming and
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The Fran Crippen Elevation Foundation named the first recipients of its “Work the Dream” Grant. The Foundation awarded individual grants to a male and female swimmer whom they felt embodies Fran Crippen’s passion and dedication to sport. The grant provides financial support to deserving athletes in pursuit of their Olympic dream. The 2011-2012 recipients of
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Shane Gould. Sandy Neilson. Rowdy Gaines. Eric Shanteau. Aaron Peirsol. These are all Olympic swimming heroes and heroines who have gotten involved in open water swimming as race directors, promoters, announcers and advocates. Add Gold Medal Mel to that growing list of Olympic pool swimmers who have caught the open water swimming bug. In a
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Open water swimmers are the modern-day, human version of canaries in the coal mine. Jellyfish have never been a bigger threat to open water swimmers with overfishing and other factors leading to a global jellyfish population explosion. And open water swimmers all over the world – even more so than surfers, wind surfers, boaters, fishermen,
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Back in 1984 and 1989, Penny Dean and John York, along with a number of other long-time marathon swimming enthusiasts under the auspices of the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, organized a Cross Catalina Channel race together with USA Swimming. The August 20th 1984 event, called the USA Long Distance International Championships, was the first race
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44-year-old Christie Leet from Whitsunday, Australia leads a busy life as the Principal at PRDnationwide Whitsunday with 4 children and triathlons, marathon runs and 4 Magnetic Island to Townsville (Australia) Swims under his belt. He has also done a Rottnest Channel Swim duo and a 15 km solo from Whitehaven to Hamilton Island. And his
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