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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Aurélie Muller won the gold medal at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary. But the 28-year-old Muller battled all kinds of disappointments and challenges for years before she was able to stand on top of the podium in an international open water race. She has faced […]
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I believe we met in DC when you gave a presentation at the Multisport World Expo a few years ago. I was then co-director of that event. I have served on the USA Triathlon Board of Directors and other volunteer governance positions at USAT. I have directed triathlons for the past 13 years, and now
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The twain shall never meet. Triathletes clad in neoprene and marathon swimmers lathered in Vaseline or lanolin are like night and day, black and white, liberal and conservative. They are complete opposites enjoying their lifestyle in the same open bodies of water. Occasionally, they cross and look each other askew. That is, could a triathlete
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Daily News of Open Water Swimming: When and where did you start to swim? Maureen Mech Montgomery: Daily News of Open Water Swimming: What was your first adventure in the open water? Maureen Mech Montgomery: Daily News of Open Water Swimming: What attracts you to channel crossings and marathon
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At the start of the first Clubhous Swim of 2020 Swimmer Scout Natalie Mooney and her husband Gordie Under Way in the NEK DERBY, VERMONT – A full season of small group, socially distanced open water swimming is now well under way in the legendary lakes of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. So far, Kingdom
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The CS&PF rules state 60°C water temperature for 6 hours. That is unfortunately what it has to be for your ratified swim. Personally 60°C has always felt the same whether I’m in fresh or salt water. There are many differences between the two water types but temperature is not one of them. A word of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 74: Ashby Harper on August 10th 1991 in 9 hours 24 minutes (Manhattan Island Marathon Swim) 66: Pat Marzulli on July 28th 2016 in 8 hours 59 minutes (Manhattan Island Marathon Swim) 59: James Gray on August 13th 1995 in 9 hours 8 minutes (Manhattan Island Marathon Swim) 57:
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‘==Daily News of Open Water Swimming Recap== ”Four Southern California swimmers each took themselves to their limits in the Catalina Channel throughout their 52-hour unprecedented Swim 22 effort. Lead-off swimmer [[David Hartmire]] successfully completed the first leg of the 20-mile Catalina Channel in 11 hours and 52 minutes. David’s relay transition to the second swimmer
