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Penny Dean’s Intense Year of Preparation for the English Channel

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Penny Lee Dean Ed.D. (70, USA, MSF bio here) is a renowned marathon swimmer, a long-time USA Swimming national team coach and administrator, record-setting channel swimmer (both the English Channel and Catalina Channel), author, dual International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee, and a long-time icon in the sport […]

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Penny Dean From The Golden Gate To Cap Gris-Nez

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Penny Lee Dean Ed.D. (70, USA, MSF bio here) is a renowned marathon swimmer, a long-time USA Swimming national team coach, a pioneering administrator, a record-setting channel swimmer (both the English Channel and Catalina Channel), an author*, a dual International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee, and, quite simply,

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Penny Dean Overcame Problems With A Success That Still Stands

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Penny Lee Dean Ed.D. (70, USA, MSF bio here) is a renowned marathon swimmer, a long-time USA Swimming national team coach, a pioneering administrator, a record-setting channel swimmer (both the English Channel and Catalina Channel), an author*, a dual International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee, and, quite simply,

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The Importance of Training Specificity for Competitive Elite Swimmers

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Matthew Centrowitz won the 2016 Olympic 1500m final in Rio de Janeiro [see race above]. Why was his race so illustratively educational for marathon swimmers? Because he ran tactically and trained specifically to win this race [explained by the NBC announcer in the video]. While the race began at a slow pace, Centrowitz ran his

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