Where Emily and I train also happens to be one of Spain’s best tennis breeding grounds. The pool is almost always empty and we enjoy it year-round. Incidentally, we’ve noticed that club members don’t know what to make of the… Read More ›
Month: January 2013
A Cautionary Tale: Have you experienced anything strange while swimming in Open Water?
Almost 5 months down the line, swimming in open water is only slightly less scary for me than it was before our Gibraltar training endeavor. I have made an important improvement with cold water during the last couple of months…. Read More ›
Results of the Cold Water Poll for Open Water Swimmers
(Updated on Jan 29 to reflect 90 additional responses received since the last update. Total responses to date: 221) When I read Loneswimmer’s post “Introducing a precise open water swimming temperature scale“, I realized that what I thought was cold… Read More ›
30 second Cold Water Poll for Open Water Swimmers
I am interested in finding out how much the perception and definition of “cold” water changes depending on where swimmers comes from. You just need to read some of Loneswimmers posts to realize that what is cold to some of… Read More ›
Mau: Our Fearless Leader
Mauricio is a natural leader and motivator; his work for the team, for the blog, for the cause and for each of us deserves a special mention. Our team leader strangely enough was not associated with the sport of swimming… Read More ›
Carrington and Susan’s cameo in a NYC swim video
Just came across this video from last year’s Governor’s Island swim. Check out the two blondes at 0:58 and 2:18. I am confident that any self-respecting shark will not pay any attention to me while swimming next to Carrington, Emily… Read More ›
Guest Post – Owen O’Keefe on the close-knit global Open Water Swimming scene
Owen O’Keefe is both the youngest and the fastest Irish swimmer to swim across the English Channel. At only 16 years of age, he swam the Channel in just 10 hours 19 minutes in September 2009. In July 2009, he was… Read More ›