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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Outside Magazine touted James Lawrence’s current attempt at completing 50 Ironman triathlons in 50 states in 50 days as one of the most hardcore endurance record attempts. If anyone can do fifty 2.4-mile swims + fifty 112-mile bike rides + 50 26.2-mile runs 50 days in a row, Lawrence […]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “We’re gearing up for the 7th Kingdom Swim on July 25th,” said Kingdom Games founder Phil White. “This year’s swim is drawing 160+ swimmers plus kayakers, family members, and friends from 22 different U.S. states, Canadian provinces, Saudi Arabia, and Scotland. We host the New England Masters Open Water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Most recently, South African Madswimmers Jean Craven, Juandre Human, Hardi Wilkins and Megan Harrington-Johnson crossed the highest water body in Africa, Lewis Tarn at 4700 m above sea level high up on the slopes in Mount Kenya in 6.5°C water. There have not been many of these high-altitude solo
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Greece is a country with two mainland peninsulas and thousands of islands throughout the Aegean and Ionian seas. Along the coastlines and amid the islands, more than 400 people per year lose their lives annually by drowning. As part of the National Plan for Accident Prevention, the Secretariat General
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. Marilyn Korzekwa, a 58-year-old Canadian psychiatrist, hopes to make Canadian history by being the first person to swim between 3 provinces. She is planning a double crossing of the Northumberland Strait from Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick, a distance of 46 km. She anticipates
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dennis Vanderheiden and Dave Sheanin pulled their weight and more at the local Solstice Swim in Longmont, Colorado. 5,000 feet (1,524m) in altitude and among 129 swimmers, Vanderheiden and Sheanin were the Athletes in Tandem who participated together with Zachery Scott and P.J. Snyder respectively. As Vanderheiden pulled Scott
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Xavier Desharnais, The Vegan Swimmer Courtesy of Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches from Montréal, Québec, Canada. Xavier Desharnais is a Canadian professional open water swimmer who won the 2014 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean. Desharnais follows a strict plant-based diet, also known as a vegan diet. Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches interviewed him to learn how he
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ocean swimmers know. Lake swimmers know. Marathon swimmers know. The longer you swim, the more wrinkled your hands get. Yuko Matsuzaki,, a former professional marathon swimmer from Japan, completed an 83 km (51.5 miles) solo swim in Lake Cane in Orlando, Florida in 2008. After 33 hours 25 minutes
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Like many Australian women over the generations, Tara Diversi is a very fast marathon swimmer. She has two fast Oceans Seven channels under her swim cap: 9 hours 45 minutes across the English Channel and 3 hours 24 minutes across the Strait of Gibraltar. Diversi is completing her Ph.D.
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Chloë McCardel Makes It Look As Easy As 1-2-3 Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 10 down…and many more to go. 30-year-old Chloë McCardel is making crossings of the English Channel look easy, both as an athlete and coach. But as the open water swimming community knows profoundly well, nothing great is easy. Behind the
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