Swimming Slowly Successfully Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Question of the Day: I am very interested in long distance swimming, but I swim slowly. Is swimming marathons or across the English Channel possible? Answer: Unequivocally yes. “Similar to most challenges, planning, preparation, training and experience are required – in abundance,” commented Steven Munatones. “Success […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At 200 kg (440 lbs.) Kelly Gneiting is perhaps the heaviest marathon swimmer in the world. But that has not stopped the sumo wrestler from expanding his athletic repertoire to the open water. Gneiting completed a crossing of Navajo Lake on July 29th, crossing 22 miles (35.4 km) from