Edison Martos Peinado Junior, known as Fast Eddie, is a typically passionate South End Rowing Club open water swimmer who is training to swim the English Channel in 2010. Laura Colette calls Fast Eddie, “He is really dedicated. He is Brazilian who fell in love with the Bay Area and decided to fly planes. He […]

America’s National Oceanographic Data Center offers an online and convenient Coastal Water Temperature Guide. These temperature tables were created in the early 1980’s by meteorologist Richard DeAngelis. Although ocean conditions vary from year to year, water temperatures are less variable than air temperatures, so these averages can provide useful information for planning open water training

41-year-old former Olympic swimmer Deane Pieters won one of the world’s greatest open water swimming events, the 19.7K Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia, in 4 hours 41 minutes. “I came to swim hard and challenge for the win, and I’m absolutely rapt I was able to do it,” said Deanne, a former pool sprinter

World champion Melissa Gorman had a bit of deja vu in winning her third straight 10K title at at 2010 Australian Open Water Championships. Like her very last stroke to snatch victory from the Olympic gold medalist Larisa Ilchenko at the 2009 World Championships, Melissa just out-touched Danielle DeFrancesco to win in 2:03:17. With the

Courtesy of WOWSA. Martin Cullen has been the sturdy backbone of Irish marathon swimming since the 1990’s as an observer, reporter, administrator and long-term visionary. From 1990 to 2004, there was an average of one English Channel solo success a year. Ned Denison is clear about what caused the record of success. “Martin made major

Natalie du Toit of South Africa was nominated for the prestigious 2010 Laureus World Sports Awards that will be awarded on March 10th. Natalie is among the nominees for the World Sportsman of the Year with a Disability based on her 21st place finish in the 5K and her 38th place finish in the 10K

The TRIFEST Conference is a free two-day event in Tucson, Arizona on March 6th – 7th that will cover a wide range of topics to benefit multisport athletes, coaches and race directors. The free conference is open to the general public. TRIFEST offers running, cycling and swimming information and kicks off three weekends in March

George Brustand, the oldest individual to successfully cross the English Channel at the age of 70, talks about bilateral breathing for open water swimmers, “This is from someone who is 75 and has been swimming since age 3. I have no idea how many strokes I have swum in the past 72 years, but it

The six-part, flat-water Aquaman Open Water Swim Series is part of Without Limits support of open water swimmers and triathletes in the ruggedly beautiful and spacious Rocky Mountain state of Colorado. The six-part Aquaman 2010 Series include 0.5-mile, 1-mile and 2-mile races in the Cherry Creek Reservoir in Aurora, Colorado – with all the swims