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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Sub-32 Marathon Club (also Sub-3 Squared Club) is a select group of endurance athletes who have swum a full 10 km marathon swim without a wetsuit, fins or paddles under 3 hours and who have also run a full 42 km marathon run under 3 hours. Fran Crippen […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The King Wolf Swim is a 5.5 km open water swim across the St. Lawrence River from Kingston to Wolfe Island in Ontario, Canada organized by Deborah Durbin. The race takes place on July 4th where the participants swim across the river, enjoy lunch on Wolfe Island, and then
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Photo courtesy of Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After the 2014 Portland Bridge Swim was cancelled due to deteriorating weather, race director Marisa Frieder is excited for the 17.2 km edition for 2015. “This year’s Portland Bridge Swim will take place on July 12th. Registration opens on April 24th
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Melodee Nugent has done a lot of open water swimming – and plans on a whole lot more. “My passion for open water and marathon swimming has been a gradual process; one that I would never have imagined when I started more than 20 years ago.” Swimming has always
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Marcus Schall is the CEO (Clean Eating Officer) of SuperGoodFood. His mindset and attitude reminds us very much of the natural activities of open water swimmers. Instead of consuming processed foods, Schall reminds us of the importance of eating natural, healthful foods. Instead of training in manmade structures in
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Ripley Davenport completed his 42.8 km Kenmare River Adventure Swim, a solo self-sufficient adventure swim without escorts or boat support in the Kenmare River in 11 hours 47 minutes on April 10th 2015
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Although Australia is only the 53rd largest country in the world based on its population of 20 million people, when it comes to sports, especially the aquatic kind, the Aussie yellow and goal are frequently finishing at or near the top. Relatively speaking, how small is the total population
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the post-2012 Olympic performance review conducted to 5-time Olympic coach Bill Sweetenham, he conducted a comprehensive analyses of the Australian swimmers’ results in London down to the individual events. This independent post-competition review is an important tool and methodology to understand how best to support the athletes and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is enlightening to see a surf shop in Lausanne, France: 631 kilometers from the ocean, 392 from the nearest ocean swells, Lausanne’s Get Wet Surf Shop seems to be an unlikely place to have a surf shop. With all the well-known surf brands on sale like Quiksilver, Rip
One Of The All-Time Greats Writes His Memoirs Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Herman Willemse wrote his memoirs about his open water swimming career – one of the most prolific and successful careers of the 20th century. In Vrije slag (Freestyle), Willemse tells of his swims around the world and his post-retirement adventures in
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