If you feel like rolling back into a nice, comfortable bed instead of going to an early-morning workout, watch this beautiful short film, Swimming In A Dream. Director Jim Sugar tells the story of the North Bay Aquatics Masters swimmers in Corte Madera, California and why they swim at 5:30 am. Jim is an advertising […]

The water temperature along the race course in Roberval for the upcoming 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships ranges from 22-24.4°F (71.6 – 75.9°F) at different points. It is surprisingly welcomed news to the swimmers who were expecting much cooler lake temperatures. Traversee internationale du lac St-Jean legends Shelley Taylor-Smith and Philip Rush said, “We

Lew Kidder announced the new Swim to the Moon, a point-to-point 5K race through a picturesque chain of lakes near Ann Arbor, Michigan. Because much of the shoreline is owned by the government, swimmers can enjoy an experience like swimming through the Canadian wilderness as they finish at Halfmoon Lake Beach. An additional one-mile triangle

Coach Charlie Tupitza did an interesting study comparing the pre- and post-race weights of the swimmers at the Chris Greene 2-mile Swim. Coach Charlie took a weight scale to the race and asked swimmers to weigh in prior to the race and as soon as they get out – before hydrating in the 87°F (30.5°C)

The always-exciting, fiercely-competitive European Open Water Swimming Championships will be held in Lake Balaton between July 26-30. Where many of the world’s best open water swimmers get valuable experience and a setting where several world champions get their teeth cut on elite competition, the Championships are always a battle. The schedule, held in the largest

Ocean navigation and hypothermia were dual challenges at the first Nubble Light Challenge last week in Maine. With the water up near 66°F (19°C) in the days leading up to the event, the water temperature dropped precipitously on the day of the event to a bone-chilling 50°F (10°C). Before the swimmers took to the point-to-point

World 5K champion Melissa Gorman who has won in South Africa at the World Ocean Racing Series Championships, in America at the RCP Tiburon Mile and the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, in the South Pacific at the Fiji Ocean Swim Festival, throughout Australia and nearly everywhere she swins. Melissa is a down-to-earth, personable, friendly, positive-thinking world-class

The Oxford-Cambridge Channel Race occurred today utilizing modern technologies to showcase the beauty and challenge of open water swimming. The positions of the relay swim teams from two of the world’s most esteemed institutions of higher learning were shown live on the Internet while tweets were also sent live and charitable donations were solicited. Although

Monday’s Swimming World Magazine’s Morning Swim Show showcased America’s representative in the 5K and 10K race at the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships, Eva Fabian. After placing a close third behind Chloe Sutton and Christine Jennings at USA Swimming’s national championships, Eva was handed a reprieve when Chloe pulled out of the world championships

Carlingford Lough (Loch Cairlinn), a glacial fjord in Northern Ireland, will host back-to-back events in July: the East Coast Adventure 3.5k Swim on July 24th and the Whistledown Hotel Round the Rock Swim will take place the following week on July 31st. Both events include a wetsuit challenge for those swimmers who would like to