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100 And Counting
Courtesy of aQuellé Midmar Mile. For more information, visit here. The aerial view of the aQuellé Midmar Mile shows the main white finisher tent where nearly 18,000 swimmers file through and the safety tent, VIP tent and 8-Mile Club tents to the right and the spectator stands to the left of the finish line and
Hanging Around Hammerheads
Hanging Around Hammerheads Courtesy of WOWSA, Yonaguni Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. There are lots of holiday tours and diving tours centered around hammerhead sharks from the Caribbean to the Pacific. Usually the hammerheads are seen from below while being photographed by divers in a group. But there is something profoundly different when a group or
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Crossings In Kyrgyzstan, After Akhmed Anarbaev
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the world’s newest governing body – the Lake Issyk Kul Swimming Federation – was recently established by IronMike in eastern Kyrgyzstan. He and his colleagues attempt, plan and envision a variety of lake swims across Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk Kul in the northern Tian Shan mountains. The lake is
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Swimming On Top Of The World’s Highest Volcano
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Madswimmers are leaving South Africa on November 23rd for their attempt at the world’s highest open water swim. A group of 7 Madswimmers, 2 medics, 4 support climbers, a tour guide, and a cameraman will head off to Argentina’s Mt Ojos del Salado in the Andes mountains in
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Olympian Pool Workouts For The Open Water
Back in 2008, a young American, Chloe Sutton from Mission Viejo Nadadores, was preparing for her first Olympics in the 10 km marathon swim. Under the coaching of Bill Rose, Sutton worked on both her endurance and speed in a variety of workouts. Over a two-day period, these were her workouts: Day One:400 warm-up on
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Preparing For The Olympics
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Maarten van der Weijden, the gold medalist at the 2008 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim from the Netherlands, prepared himself in thoughtful ways for his 2008 Olympic triumph. The 10 km champion dramatically adjusted his sleep patterns in his native Netherlands in order to match Beijing time several months in
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Hear, Hear To Hans Henrik Heming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Relatively speaking, swimmers have fewer injuries and physical ailments than athletes of most other sports. Swimmers occasionally face shoulder problems due to overuse or less-than-optimal technique, but swimmers are blessed with a largely injury-free sport. But ear problems also occasionally come into the equation. That is where Hans Henrik
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Ice Swimming World Championship Celebrated
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The December issue of the Red Bulletin will cover the International Ice Swimming Association‘s inaugural Ice Swimming World Championship hosted in Murmansk, Russia in March 2015. “We just came back from London where we took part in an exhibition called ‘Ice Swimming’ organized by the Red Bulletin magazine and
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