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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Full Ironman triathlons are tough, requiring extraordinary dedication and an incredible level of stamina. Channel swims are arguably even tougher, requiring focus in an environment of unparalleled sensory deprivation and cold-water acclimation. And ice swimming is undoubtedly the toughest of all, requiring an almost otherworldly focus and acclimatization to […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Adam Walker is spreading his touch, passion and swimming advice with the triathlon community via 220 Triathlon Magazine, UK’s longest-running and most popular magazine (see here). Walker’s new swim series kicked off with the Ocean Walker swim stroke. As the British channel swimmer says, “Seven years ago I took
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Courtesy of Doug Woodring at the Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong. The 8th annual Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim from Stanley to Deepwater Bay was a 15 km relay race and solo event in some fairly extreme conditions, but warm water on the “clean half” of Hong Kong’s Island where the water
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Courtesy of Mackenzie Miller from Huntington Beach, California. Never Give Up. That what 16-year-old Annaleise Carr keeps in mind when swimming across a treacherous body of water known as Lake Erie, determined to raise money for Camp Trillium, a resource center that cares for children with cancer. In 2012, Annaleise Rebekah Carr was named World
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Annaleise Carr started at 5:18 am in the early morning of July 25th, 2014 on her attempted 75 km Lake Erie swim from the American shores at Erie’s Presquile Point in the state of Pennsylvania. Eventually, she had to cut her unprecedented swim short, finishing around midnight at the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. SwimSwam published its Top 5 Pet Peeves at the Pool (see here where the deep-thinking swimming staff of SwimSwam vents about slow breaststrokers, showers, water temperature, lane lines and music). Pet peeves in the open water can take on a different perspective. In the pool, pet peeves are usually
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Courtesy of Don Watson from Lake Travis in Austin, Texas. “It was a strange weekend in Austin, Texas. On Thursday and Friday, the day before the 12-mile Lake Travis Relay, the air temperature was about 98ºF (36ºC). On race day Saturday, the day started with a heavy rain with thunder and lightening as the air
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. American author John Steinbeck’s 1937 book, Of Mice And Men, includes characters who are often powerless, their lives influenced by fate. “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men“, taken from Robert Burns’ 1786 poem, was the source of Steinbeck’s book title, meaning that the most carefully prepared plans
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The deadline to register for the 2014 Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association annual banquet is this Friday, October 17th. The banquet will take place on November 1st in San Pedro, California aboard the Pacific Spirit. The cost is US$39.50 and includes dinner, music, unlimited margaritas and will honor, as
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. French swimmer Jacques Tuset has escaped from more prisons than even the most infamous criminals in history. But he escapes – swims – with the full knowledge of the local authorities. Aided by only with his swimsuit, cap and goggles, Tuset completed solo swims from Alcatraz Island, Le Château
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