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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. David Rieder of Swimming World Magazine predicted that Jordan Wilimovsky would not make the US Olympic Swim Team in the 1500m freestyle, despite being seeded second at the US Olympic Team Trials [see here]. The 22-year-old from Team Santa Monica in Southern California has swum a 14:53.12 in the […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Steve Walker is very familiar with cold water. He did an ice mile back in 2.7°C (37°F) back in 1996 in Melbourne, Australia. With an attempt at the North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland coming up in August, Walker attempted a swim across the Strait of Juan de
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Open water swimming coach’s tools of the trade Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When we observe the vast number of coaches who train athletes in the open water, we see a great range of knowledge and know-how. Coaches range from excellent to ‘what-in-the-world-are-you-thinking?!?’ Some coaches stand onshore and tell their athletes to swim from
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Courtesy of The Race Club by Gary Hall Sr., Florida. To watch a video of this drill and listen to Olympian Hall’s advice, visit here.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINA is now getting into open water swimming at the grassroots level. Under the leadership of Colin Hill, each event on the FINA/Hosa 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit must hold an amateur open water race that is held prior to the World Cup professional race. FINA’s goal is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Meredith Novack is the subject of a new mobile app via FanHero. The Honolulu-based Novack explains, “There are only a few professional athletes in the entire world that have their very own app – I am the first from Oahu. This app is a fan’s dream – it has
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Santorini Experience is open to registration. In addition to runs of 5 km, 10 km and 15 km, the swimming venue was Ancient Santorini (Thira), destroyed in 1,500 BC. The example of the Aegean civilization fits with what Plato said about the mythical land of the Atlases that
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Charlotte Brynn and others will participate in the new Skinner Island/Smuggler’s Cave Swim, an 18-mile (28.9 km) marathon swim organized by the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association. The 28.9 km marathon swim will be held on July 9th in Vermont’s Lake Memphremagog. “Skinner’s Island is an 18-mile smuggler
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Courtesy of Gerry Rodrigues, Tower 26, Santa Monica. Be Race Ready podcast episode #11 is posted online. Coach Gerry Rodrigues discusses the essentials of open water swimming from the requisite skills to the simplest sighting technique. Tower 26’s Rodrigues describes the need for sighting, changes in speed, pack swimming, take-out speed, buoy turns, drafting, and
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