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Dear Steven I’m sorry I didn’t get back to you earlier on this – term started and all hell broke loose, but I’m gradually regaining control. I’ve written a brief abstract for a paper for the conference – could you have a look and see if this is the kind of thing you were thinking […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Selfies are ubiquitous on social media. In another way, selfies are also ubiquitous in the open water swimming community’s social media. But the selfies take a bit of a different perspective. There are tanker shots among channel swimmers. There are finish shots among competitive swimmers. There are rewarming shots
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The WOWSA Awards are not necessarily for the best athletes, but are meant to honor the men and women who: * best embody the spirit of open water swimming, * possess the sense of adventure, tenacity and perseverance that open water swimmers are known for, and * have most
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Christine Jennings I knew there would be surges. You have to pace yourself. I got out with the pack. Hong Kong and China put me in a pinch If anyone out there wants to [coach me] at Hong Kong, please…Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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After watching triathletes and amateur swimmers throughout the year enjoying the open water, it is always impressive to watch the athletes at the world open water swimming championships. While it is unfair to compare the aerobic capacity, strength and power of the young world-class athletes with older swimmers, it is often educational to identify different
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Chris Blakeslee [mailto:elsharko@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 7:52 AM To: headcoach@10kswim.com Subject: RE: Good luck! Steven…. It was too rough and dangerous to start the swim…but we are looking at a couple of other tides for another try (weather dependent like the English Channel)….the goal is to have enough tide (flood) to make it
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has nothing to do with the passing of Páraic Casey whose crew is one of the In light of the number of close calls in channel swimming, it is always helpful to remind coaches, family members, crew members and support staff what to look for in a channel swimmer. The fundamental
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As more and more swimmers participate in the sport of open water swimming, the rules of the sport remain. Because more people are swimming in more areas where there are more jellyfish, one issue that comes ups in warm waters around the world where jellyfish are proliferating. There are frankly very few places in the
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