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Drink Up, Close Fast In Marathon Swimming Lindsey Clary performed very well in the 2013 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Castaic Lake, California last week. The 17-year-old high school student was competitive with the best athletes America has and was always flirting around the lead pack until the very end of the […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. According to Life at the Edge of Sight: A Photographic Exploration of the Microbial World by Scott Chimileski and Roberto Kolter, the White Cliffs of Dover are made from millions of years of buildup of exoskeletons of plated marine microbes called coccolithophores. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water
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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
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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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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