Courtesy of South China Morning Post, Murmansk, Russia. Dr. Mak Chun-kong got in and out of the ice water at the 3rd International Ice Swimming Association World Championship held in Murmansk, Russia this past March. The 33-year-old from Hong Kong finished 21st in the Ice Kilometer in 15:52:68, 9th in the 50m butterfly in 33:32,

Courtesy of Shigemi Yoshimura, La la la Sun Beach, Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan. With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games coming up, open water swimming in Japan will gain greater and greater attention. With dozens of events held throughout Japan from north to south, east to west, numerous events are growing at unprecedented rates. One of these

Courtesy of WOWSA, Calais, France. Jabez Wolffe made over 20 unsuccessful attempts to swim the English Channel, although he later became a well-known, globally respected coach, trainer and author. As a solo swimmer in the early 20th century, Wolffe almost succeeded on the following attempts: * August 5th 1907 from England to a mile of

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the book by J. Frost called The Art Of Swimmingpublished in 1818, an era when most people in the water swam breaststroke or some form of sidestroke, he wrote the following passage on quadruped swimming: “There is nothing very striking in quadruped swimming, and but little progress can

Courtesy of WOWSA, Tarrytown, New York. Jen Schumacher knows what she is talking about – and athletes of all types seek her advice and guidance. From her young age group swimming days to the years where she traveled far and wide to swim across channels from Hawaii to the Strait of Gibraltar, Schumacher learned how

Courtesy of Alessandro Pilati, Monterosso, Italy. The 15 km Gran Fondo Cinque Terre is the first stage of the 2019 Gran Fondo Italia (Italian Long Distance Circuit) this summer. The coastal swim will be held on June 15th in Monterosso, Liguria, Italy. For more information on the 15 km Gran Fondo Cinque Terre, visit here.

Courtesy of Alessandro Pilati, Castellabate, Italy. The Gran Fondo Golfo Di Castellabate is a 15 km open water swim organized by Gran Fondo Italia on July 7th in Castellabate, Campania, Italy. Alessandro Pilati describes the coastal swim, “Swimmers hug the coast for 15 km. They swim along the protected marine area of Castellabate, a town