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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jennie Reznek [shown above] and Mark Fleishman extensively studied the early history of life on Robben Island and the first organized race when 14 swimmers attempted a swim from Robben Island to Cape Town in South Africa. While 15-year-old Peggy Duncan was the only woman who completed that race […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. What is the difference between the racing tactics and mindset used at the highest levels (Olympic athletes and professional swimmers) and amateur open water competitors? Nothing, in our opinion. In pool swimming competitions, age-group swimmers, masters swimmers or triathletes cannot necessarily replicate the strength, power, flexibility, grace or stroke
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Socratic Open Water Method is named after the Classical Greek philosopher Socrates where individuals can learn and be taught based on asking and answering questions to stimulate rational thinking and to illuminate ideas. A similar form of education can be utilized by open water swimming coaches and athletes. Experienced
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Courtesy of Rubio’s, San Diego, California. We have to respect a fast food restaurant whose home page promotional video features the ocean [see above]. Ralph Rubio, the co-founder of Rubio’s, is a man who loves the ocean. His popular fast-food Mexican food restaurant, a common sight throughout Southern California, was created because Rubio regularly visited
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Courtesy of Adam Walker, Ocean Walker. There is arguably no busier individual in the global open water swimming space than Adam Walker. Book signings, media interviews, convention appearances, motivational speeches, coaching clinics, environmental campaigns, commercial advertisements, and event patronage take up much of his workdays. There will be more. Watch his space here. Copyright ©
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Courtesy of Gerry Rodrigues, Tower 26, Santa Monica Beach, California. The Be Race Ready podcast episode #5 is ready. Coach Gerry Rodrigues focuses on structural presence in the water in this fifth episode – which can be easy for some triathletes and difficult for others. He explains about three important parts of the body that
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Courtesy of Gerry Rodrigues, Tower 26, Santa Monica Beach, California. The Be Race Ready podcast series episodes #4 and 5 are loaded for listening. These episodes focus on triathlon swim technique. “It is all you need to know,” explains coach Gerry Rodrigues. “Listen to the basic technical foundation upon which the backbone of proper triathlon
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If we think about Planet Earth, it is a large dynamic system that has provided life with 3.8 billion years of relentless research and creative development. Evolution has provided innumerable solutions that work well in context. There is a wonderfully compelling genius in the natural world and many scientists,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michael Twigg-Smith was born in Hilo, Hawaii, but he now plys his trade between the islands of Molokai and Oahu. The captain now specializes in escort boat services for open water swimmers and relays across the Molokai Channel (Ka’iwi Channel). Twigg-Smith’s entire life has been around the water. He
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Photo courtesy of Team USA. As the 2016 Rio Olympic Games approaches, Olympic silver medalist Haley Anderson will appear more often on American television. Next week, Anderson will make an appearance in Hell’s Kitchen on April 1st at 9:00 pm broadcast on FOX in the United States. On the episode, Chef Ramsay puts together a
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