If there is anyone in the open water swimming world who knows about the dangers of swimming with sharks, it is Linda Kaiser, one of Hawaii’s most accomplished marathon swimmers and a member of the Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame. The 58-year-old is the most prolific channel swimmer in Hawaii where 40 different species of […]

In a generalization of elite open water racing, it appears to us that the women swim like they have nothing to lose while the men swim like they have everything to lose. In an analysis of the split times of elite 10K competitions, the women tend to evenly split their races. That is, there is

The men’s race in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10K race was re-shaped when Olympic 1500-meter gold medalist Ous Mellouli decided to pull out. With Ous out, eyes tend to focus back on Fran Crippen, the wily seasoned fast closer of the group…but Chip Peterson, Andrew Gemmell, Alex Meyer and the Aussie men will surround

Fish in the south (reported on Monday) and fish in the north (reported on Tuesday) seem to be around more this California summer. Could it be the same fish – or are there just lots of them? Anyway, they have been part of the ecosystem for millenia – we’re just visitors. Copyright © 2010 by

The Daily News of Open Water Swimming Correspondent Kate Alexander reported on the second annual Ohio River Open Water Swim in Prospect, Kentucky. “The loop course included ½-, 1.2- and 2.4-mile distances with separate waves to stage separate USA Triathlon, USA Swimming and U.S. Masters Swimming races for nine total events on one course.” Race

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Daily News of Open Water Swimming correspondent Kate Alexander wrote about Olympic gold medalist Ashley Whitney‘s open water swimming group in Nashville, Tennessee (shown on left with daughter Maya). “This is a cool group. Ashley is super-conscious about safety, as well as a very welcoming and likable person

According to the traditional rules of channel swimming and competition, no support contact of any kind or at any time are allowed between the swimmer and any person or object (boat, kayak, paddle board, pier, floating device) in a certified swim. The issue of what to do if sharks approach a swimmer doing a marathon

The Daily News of Open Water Swimming noticed a new face entered in the 10K race at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Yumi Kida of Japan who placed eighth at the 2005 World Swimming Championships in the 1500-meter freestyles and recently won Japan Open Water Swimming National 10K Championships. With Japan’s strength in the