English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Manhattan Island and Ederle marathon swimmer Michael Miller of Honolulu has a habit of training with board shorts during his long training sessions for extra drag. But he also drags around a lot more than heavy board shorts during this training swims. “Somehow, during the years I have trained

Dr. Harry Huffaker, a new member of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, will be honored with the other members of his Class of 2010/2011 in New York City during the Global Open Water Swimming Conference and Manhattan Island Marathon Swim weekend. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony in June will

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. From far and wide, many marathon swimmers will descend upon Indiana’s Morse Reservoir on June 18th. Dick Sidner (shown on left) and his team of dedicated volunteers will host the 2011 U.S. Masters Swimming 25 km National Championships. Besides the hoards of solo swimmers, the event will also have

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2011 European Masters Swimming Championships will be held in Yalta-Kiev, Ukraine on September 10th. The 3K events for men and women will be seeded in waves according to age groups, irrespective of gender. LEN organizes well-established events where the Head Referee only allows the race to start if

In the Great Salt Lake in Utah, world record holder Gordon Gridley and many others will participate in the Great Salt Lake Open Water 1-mile point-to-point swim, perfect for beginners and multi-sport athletes, and the longer 8.12-mile swim from Antelope Island to Black Rock Beach. This race originally started in 1927, but was discontinued after