Courtesy of Mary Pye, Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation. While open water swimming continues to become more and more popular in contemporary times, swimming in oceans, seas, lakes, rivers and bays has been around for a long, long time – not for competition, but more for fishing, navigation and enjoyment purposes. One example

Courtesy of Ned Denison, Cork, Ireland. Ned Denison is a 59-year-old global-trotting open water swimmer, coach, mentor and administrator who was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in the Class of 2012. He shared a plethora of advice and guidance: For many of you the open water season is over. One suggestion

Courtesy of Maureen Holohan, Ile des Arcadins, Haiti. Swim for Haiti is a 1.5 km ocean swim and a 10 km marathon swim in Haiti held on January 27th 2019. The event, part of the Global Swim Series, is a charity swim that helps raise awareness of Haiti as a tourism destination and to raise

Courtesy of Ned Denision, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Thomas Lurz received a master degree in business administration at the Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Untenmehmensführung at the Otto Beisheim School of Management in Düsseldorf, Germany in 2017. Between 2002 and 2015, it was clear that Lurz was also a smart cookie in the open water