The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen
Month: November 2012
Swimming for Something Bigger Than Me
When you swim for hours, your mind wanders. For those hard-core open water swimmers out there, I will remind you that we are still just getting back into shape, so an 8k in the pool qualifies as a long mind-wandering… Read More ›
Cold Water Swimming
Emily and I are not real cold water swimmers, but we’re exploring that option. We’ve started doing some cold water swims, which for us living in Barcelona, means swimming in 20ºC water this time of the year. Emily recently wrote… Read More ›
Swimming for Books
This past July when Carrington, Emily and I met for dinner in NYC, we thought the idea of swimming from Europe to Africa was preposterous. I have stood on the southern tip of Spain before and stared at Africa off… Read More ›
Pool-less again, thanks to Hurricane Sandy…
Things were looking up – word on the street was that the new Asphalt Green would open in December, which would mean finally I could properly train for Gibraltar! And in the meantime, I still had the DCC on the… Read More ›
Damian Blaum – Open Water Olympian and 2nd in the World
(Si quieres leer esta entrevista en español, por favor pincha aquí) It´s a real honour and pleasure to have olympian and 2nd in the FINA world rankings Damian Blaum in our blog. Damian has an outstanding swimming resume, including 3… Read More ›
Damian Blaum – Campeón de aguas abiertas
(If you want to see this interview in English, please go here) Es un honor y un placer contar con la contribución de Damian Blaum, nadador olímpico y Subcampeon Mundial 2007, 2009, 2010 y 2012 en el ranking mundial de… Read More ›
How swimming in cold water affects muscles
After reading about how so many OW swimmers swim without wetsuits I decided that I needed to toughen up. Mau took me to his 20C ocean water pool for my first cold water pool training. Our objective was to do… Read More ›
Strait of Gibraltar by the Numbers
Since 1928, 625 swimmers have swam across the Strait of Gibraltar. 85% male swimmers and 15% female. Where swimmers come from 66% of swimmers are from four countries: Spain (38%), USA (11%), UK (10%) and India (8%). 62% of male… Read More ›
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