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Conrad Wennerberg is the Chairman Emeritus of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and the widely respected author of Wind, Waves and Sunburn – A Brief History of Marathon Swimming, still considered to be one of the most authoritative books written on marathon swimming. Besides extensively documenting the history of marathon swimming, Conrad played […]
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Open water Olympian and professional swimmer Chloe Sutton is known for working out very hard. With her permission, we observed a few of her 50-meter pool workouts in Mission Viejo, California under the coaching of Bill Rose. where she was working on both her endurance and speed . Day One:400 warm-up on 6:004 x 100
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Vijaya Claxton from New York, one of the most respected, committed and cherished English Channel swimmers in recent history, passed away this week after losing her battle with cancer. In addition to her position as the Coordinator, Panel of Counsel at the United Nations headquarters in New York City where she worked relentlessly as a
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Channel Swimming In The Land Of The Rising Sun Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Ocean’s Seven includes seven of the toughest channel swims in the world: (1) the cold-water, jellyfish-strewn Irish Channel (between Ireland and Scotland), (2) the rough and treacherous Cook Strait (between the North and South Islands of New Zealand), (3)
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SwimTrek has limted spots available on its ‘swim of a lifetime‘, the Hellespont Swim which is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron’s crossing of Hellespont, from the European continent to Asia. The narrow channel, which has played different roles throughout man’s history, will be site of the 3-mile swim from the ancient town of
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America’s best crossover swimmer and 2008 Olympian Chloe Suttonannounced she is now, officially, a professional swimmer. Her long-awaited decision will allow her to finally collect on the prize money available to her in the pool and open water, the sponsorship opportunities and the training support funds she has passed up her entire career – one
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In a competitive open water race with a mass start, sometimes swimmers get boxed in swimming within a pack. In the words of national champion Eney Jones, “Poise is power.” That is, stay cool, calm and collected. Understand the situation and resolve it. When describing what to do when one gets boxed in swimming within
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Karen Throsby, a sociology lecturer at the University of Warwick is conducting research on English Channel swimmers. Karen‘s research has found, not unsurprisingly, that swimming across the English Channel, like other extreme sports, requires significant investment (financial, personal, physical), but that the risks are readily accepted by many swimmers who are willing to devote considerable
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Lynn Arave of the Deseret News wrote an history of open water swimming in the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Early marathon swims were held in 1919 with races conducted throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Winning times were over two hours so the distance was probably at least 6K. Unfortunately, the races ended in 1940.
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World champion Thomas Lurz of Germany and FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup champion Poliana Okimoto of Brazil have committed to the Ocean Racing World Championship Series extravaganza in South Africa. Their participation in the three-part April 2010 professional event in Nelson Mandela Bay in Port Elizabeth will certainly enhance the profile of the new
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