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SWIMTHEISLAND 2014 – TEASER from Matteo Testa from the Marine Protected Area of Bergeggi in the northwest coast of Italy. Matteo Testa is realizing his dream. The passionate open water swimmer wanted to create the ideal swim in his native Italy…and his dream is being realized in Bergeggi at the Swim The Island event. Copyright […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Scott Zornig of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association reported that Carol Hayden became the oldest female to complete a channel swim off a California Channel Island when she swam from Anacapa Islandto Ventura on the California mainland in 9 hours 51 minutes. The 64-year-old dynamo broke the current
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the open water swimming community, many foods and drinks are discussed. Many swimmers have strong opinions on what is to eat and drink during training and before and during races and solo swims. Some scientifically-oriented swimmers who are nutritionally knowledgeable base their feedings on specific protein, fat and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Waikiki Roughwater Swim has a motto that has served as its mission statement since it was first established in 1970: Lifetime Vigorous Swimming for Fun, Sport and Health. It is a great mission statement for an open water swim. What other mottos are out there in the open
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers often discuss and debate what foods and drinks are best to use before, during and after training swims, races and solo marathon swims. An interesting research study – perhaps irrelevant, perhaps not, to swimmers – that demonstrated that elite distance runners from Kenya and Ethiopia excel
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Courtesy of Bridgette Hobart-Janeczko at Lake Hopatcong in New Jersey. John Sowa and Jeff Stuart helped guide young newcomers to the sport of open water swimming at the 100 meter 12& Under kid’s swim at the Lake Hopatcong Open Water Swim Festival, an annual charity swim to benefit several animal rescue and K-9 charities. Copyright
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Lake Hopatcong Open Water Swim Festival is an annual charity swim held in Lake Hopatcong in New Jersey in September to benefit several animal rescue and K-9 charities including the Southern Tier Police Canine Association, 11th Hour Rescue, Father John’s Animal House and the Jefferson Township Animal Pound.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Joanes Hedel beat a pair of Macedonian marathon swimmers, Tomi Stefanovski and Evgenji Pop Acev to win the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix for the first time in his career. The 2014 rankings are as follows: 1. Joanes Hedel (France) 59 points 2. Tomi Stefanovski (Macedonia) 51 points
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Silvie Rybárová and Pilar Geijo won the 2014 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit (15 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Ciudad de Rosario, 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe-Coronda, 88 km Maratón Hernandarias-Paraná, 15 km Playa del Carmen, 32 km Traversée Internationale du lac St-Jean, 34 km Traversée
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