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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. OPEN WATER SWIMMING Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Fastest time wins with male and female events in a 5k, 10k and 25k open water course. 4 athletes can also join together to compete in the 5k team event. August 8th: Women’s and Men’s 5 km August 9th: […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, San Francisco Bay, California. Andrew O’Malley, a long-time South End Rowing Club member, recently established the Northern California Open Water Swimming Association, a non-profit organization that governs swims in San Francisco Bay, Lake Tahoe, Monterey Bay, the Farallon Islands, and elsewhere in Northern California. The 4-time Trans Tahoe Relay member explains, “We
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Earlier this week, Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson introduced a bill that would criminalize the use of performance enhancing drugs at international competitions like the Olympics. If passed as is, the bill could put manufacturers and distributors of banned substances in jail for a maximum of 10 years in addition
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Courtesy of Global Swim Series, Philippines. The SWIMJUNKIE Challenge Open Water Series is a series of open water swims in the Philippines that include the Subic Bay Island Swim, SWIMJUNKIE Challenge El Nido, SWIMJUNKIE Challenge: Caramoan 10K, and SWIMJUNKIE Challenge: VIP Lobo. The Subic Bay Island Swim is the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Eric Glass created a list of 100 Things Every New Triathlete Should Know. Glass’ list is comprehensive and clever, educational and entertaining. The World Open Water Swimming Association also has its own list of 100 Things Every Open Water Swimmer Should Know. Its coaches share this information and tidbits
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 74: Ashby Harper on August 10th 1991 in 9 hours 24 minutes (Manhattan Island Marathon Swim) 66: Pat Marzulli on July 28th 2016 in 8 hours 59 minutes (Manhattan Island Marathon Swim) 59: James Gray on August 13th 1995 in 9 hours 8 minutes (Manhattan Island Marathon Swim) 57:
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dear Mr. Marculescu, after the first year with the new OWS world series formula, with reference to the meeting will be held in Cancun the next 19 October I would like to introduce some remarks and suggestions: 1) The 2 news series obtained different results: – the 10 km