Courtesy of Sara Kurch, Berkeley, California. Sara Kurch paid attention – very close attention – to the recent presentation by Bruckner Chase and Michelle Evans-Chase at the global GU headquarters in Berkeley, California. Her synopsis and take-aways of their joint presentation called Mindfulness And The Endurance Athlete are here. Copyright © 2008-2018 by World Open […]

Courtesy of Swimming Australia, Brighton Beach, Adelaide, South Australia. 17-year-old Matthew Galea of Blacktown City just touched out Robbie Beal to swim the fastest 5 km at the 5 Australian Open Water Swimming titles in Adelaide today. She readily described her ultimate goal, “It would be a dream to go to the Olympics for both

Courtesy of Swimming Australia, Brighton Beach, Adelaide, South Australia. 16-year-old Chloe Green won the 5 km Australian Open Water Swimming titles in Adelaide today with a 20-second victory over Chloe Gubecka. She readily described her ultimate goal, “It would be a dream to go to the Olympics for both pool and open water swimming. Girls

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Paul Lecomte, the project manager for The Longest Swim by his uncle Ben Lecomte, gave a fascinating presentation on the technical challenges and innovative solutions for The Longest Swim. Lecomte and his team have to find solutions for the wide range of issues that they will face during the

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ion Lazarenco Tiron swam into history today. The 39-year-old Moldavian and Irish citizen living in Bray, Ireland became the eighth person ever, second from Ireland and first from Moldavia to complete the seven difficult channels of the Oceans Seven. “Wow, what a tough day at the office,” reported the

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jen Schumacher of Irvine, California swam a 9 hour 2 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel this month. She was kind enough to take before-and-after photos of herself before spending 9 hours in the Pacific Ocean. Before plunging in the night seas off of California, Schumacher radiated a positive

Courtesy of Blue Ollie, Chicago, Illinois. The Big Shoulders 5K race directors caused quite a stir in 2008 with their event t-shirts and medals with the likeness of President Obama. Unlike Hurricane Hanna’s cancellation of the Brooklyn Bridge Swim, Hurricane Gustav only caused a water temperature drop at the 2008 Big Shoulders Swims. Under a

Photo courtesy of Warren Lynam. Information courtesy of Swimming Australia, Brighton Beach, Adelaide, South Australia. 20-year-old Nick Sloman took his winning ways from short-distance ocean swims and surf lifesaving competitions to the 2018 Australian 10 km Open Water Championship at Brighton Beach, Australia. He did not hit any waves with his 1 hour 53 minute