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Looking Up Into The Sky For Energy At 24 Heures La Tuque Courtesy of Nasser Elshazly, La Tuque, Québec, Canada. 24 Heures La Tuque (or the Le Marathon de 24 Heures de La Tuque) was a renowned 24-hour non-stop professional relay race that was held in the 1960’s and 1970’s. The event was the brainchild […]
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach,California. Diary of a Double documents the year-long journey of Antonio Argüelles who will attempt a 67 km two-way crossing of the English Channel in September 2021. Throughout this journey, Argüelles will describe his pool and open water swimming workouts, preparation, nutrition, dryland training, and coaching for his solo channel
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Dillane And The Dolphins Photo courtesy of Domnick Walsh. In the 21 km journey from Fastnet to Baltimore in Ireland, Elaine Burrows Dillane was Walkerized; a pod of dolphins joined her along the 7 hour 45 minute swim on her August 12th crossing. She recalled, “I could nearly touch them. They were swimming under my
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Olympians Petar Stoychev, Yasunari Hirai and Marianna Lymperta as well as Sofia Psilolignou, a 3-time Greek 5 km and 10 km champion and 2-time English Channel swimmer, will compete in The Authentic Marathon Swim in September 2020, at Pefki, Evia, Istiaia – Edipsos in Greece. The 10 km
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Open Water Opening Up: East Coast Open Water Championships Courtesy of Doug Fonder, International Swimming Coaches Association, Huddleston, Virginia. While Europe has opened back up with their local, national and international open water swimming events, and their swimmers are swimming fast, swimming events – both in the pool and open water – remain largely shut
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Motivation And Mindfulness For Open Water Swimmers By VOWSA Courtesy of VOWSA, Vancouver, Canada. Vancouver Open Water Swimming Association President Craig Stewart is moderating a talk for open water swimmers of all levels who are looking to better their practice and stay motivated through these uncertain times and lack of race events. The talk –
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman Ned Denison interviewed fellow Hall of Famer Dr. Chris Stockdale, MBE, a physician, swimmer, author and British icon on today’s edition of WOWSA Live. The 76-year-old author of Swimming with Hero talked about a wide variety of topics: * taking after
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Speedo Diplomacy: Nejib Belhedi Stage Swim From Tunisia Along Libya Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Nejib Belhedi, a 68-year-old Tunisian marathon swimmer and author (Above the Ramparts) has accomplished numerous noteworthy swims during his prolific career. In an act of peace, Belhedi is going to conduct highly risky Speedo Diplomacy during November 2020
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The Newest Iron Icewomen – Hanna Bakuniak Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Hanna Bakuniak completed her first Ice Mile in December 2019 in Gdansk, Poland in 23 minutes the 7 seconds in 3.9°C water. This last weekend, she also completed the Ocean Lava Triathlon Polska in 13 hours 45 minutes. With her full Ironman
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman Ned Denison interviewed fellow Hall of Famers Roger Parsons, a former British submariner, and his marathon swimming wife and fellow administrator Val Parsons on today’s edition of WOWSA Live. In their WOWSA Live interview from their home in Spain, the husband-and-wife
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