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Sharks While Swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Madhu Nagaraja has crossed the English Channel and the Maui Channel as well as completed the Marathon Des Sables and a 52 km crossing of Lake Ontario in traditional marathon swims. Jennifer Figge has done a number of transoceanic swims in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, far away
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Meditation In The Open Water
Meditation In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Guided visualization, mindfulness and meditation are practices used by many endurance athletes. A few swimmers describe their individual forms of meditation: Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Do you practice meditation? Capri Djatiasmoro: Yes. Penny Nagel: Yes. Eric Helmick: I memorize scripture from the
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International Ice Swimming Association Rule Changes
Video courtesy of HD Production, Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany. Content courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association. The International Ice Swimming Association announced a revised set of swimming rules governing its events and swims. Changes included the following: 1. Addition of the International Ice Swimming Association Medical Assessment Form. The Form
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Melbourne Cold Water Camp Was A Hit
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “We held our Cold Water Camp over the weekend,” reported English Channel record holder Trent Grimsey. “All the swimmers did really well.” After retiring from the sport, Grimsey started coaching with his younger brother Codie at Grimsey Adult SwimFit. “Last year I coached five solo swimmers who all successfully
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Darren Miller Reaches Out Three Times Over
Courtesy of Darren Miller, Team Forever. Team Forever will host the 4th Annual Three Rivers Marathon Swim (3RMS) on September 23rd. “This unique open water swimming event benefits Team Forever, which donates 100% of the 3RMS profit to the Forever Fund,” explains race visionary and organizer Darren Miller. “The fund benefits local families in need
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Dan Simonelli On The Pan-American Colibrí Swim
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dan Simonelli will be one of the 12 swimmers participating in the Pan-American Colibrí Swim, a 10 km cross-border swim from California to Tijuana, Mexico on May 5th. While the other swimmers come from as far away as South Africa and Israel, Simonelli is the only local swimmer.* He
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Faye And Walter Poenisch Enter Swimming Hall Of Fame
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Faye Poenisch presents Bruce Wigo of the International Swimming Hall of Fame with the poster and a cigar that Fidel Castro left behind after visiting her husband Walter‘s escort boat that would make him the first person to complete a marathon swim from Cuba to Florida. At the age
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Practicing Meditation Anywhere Including Across The Pacific
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Guided visualization, mindfulness and meditation are practices used by many endurance athletes. But there will be no one who willingly places himself in such extreme isolation in the open water as will Ben Lecomte in his upcoming transoceanic stage swim from Tokyo to San Francisco. Lecomte describes his own
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Patti Bauernfeind On Meditation In The Open Water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Patti Bauernfeind is planning a swim across Loch Ness in Scotland. She is brutally honest about the swim. “I’m very excited and intimidated by this swim. My window is August 12th – 17th. I got lucky with the snowpack this year in California so I will be able to
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