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The key to success to have the ability to sprint at the right moments during a 10 km race. For example, instead of 10 x 200 @ 2:20, descend 1 – 5, you should do 10 x 200 in the following intervals: 2:20, 2:15, 2:05, 2:20, 2:20, 2:05, 2:15, 2:20, 2:10, 2:05. Or, you can […]
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WOWSA Offering of the Year Elaine Howley “A Swim Across” Motion Picture. Written by Ioannis Kifonidis Directed by Dimitris Giouzepas Unofficial Poster by Dimitris Giouzepas Production Manager: Valia Mp Antonio Arguelles book Basilisk Goggles from Snake and Pig Sports FORM Goggles WOWSA Man of The Year Madhu Nagaraja Camaron Bellemy Phil White Ger Kennedy –
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Catalina Channel Swimming In The Year 2050 And Beyond Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We can only imagine what channel crossing experience will be like in the year 2050 and beyond… Matthew Smith just got off his 3-hour transatlantic flight in LAX from Manchester, England. Smith felt good – he was able to barter
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International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame Class Of 2021 Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli (Italy) Gabriel Chaillou, Honor Swimmer (Argentina) Julian Critchlow, Honor Administrator (UK) Stéphane Gomez, Honor Swimmer (France) Yvetta Tulip Hlaváčová, Honor Swimmer (Czech Republic) Neville Smith, Honor Administrator (South Africa) Viola Valli, Honor
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Samantha Rahael (1:12:32) and Jonathan Gillette (1:11:13) won the 5K race at the ASATT Maracas Open Water Swim Classic at Maracas Bay in Trinidad. Theana Hay (1:16:04) and Rebecca Clarke (1:17:10) were second and third respectively after Samantha. Blaine Sobrian (1:12:30) and Marc Stauble (1:13:33) were second and third after Jonathan. In the 2.65K race,
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ryan Doolittle does not specialize in competitive swimming, but he saw his older brother Sean win the Tampa Bay Frogman Swim last year and was motivated to attempt the 5 km charity swim. Their father John Doolittle is renowned in the area and is the namesake of the John
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Penny Palfrey swam across the 42 km Molokai Channel after a major earthquake and tsunami hit northern Japan and the Hawaiian Islands
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When the International Olympic Committee approved the 10 km marathon swim in 2005 for its inaugural 10 km marathon swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the IOC and FINA put its stamp on the expected formula for all future 10 km marathon swims: * A rectangular course would
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. What I love about Merle Liivand’s mermaid swim is that it is unique, it is replicable, and she trained not only to set the record, but also to achieve greater goals than a mere swim. Marathon swimming and channel swimming have been around for a long time. We know