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17.5 km of Unpredictable Open Water Swimming
If I don’t swim, I have nothing to blog about. Three months after my last entry (post Alcatraz), endless drafts about nothing have been written and tossed until now. Last Saturday (Oct 12, 2013 ) Mau and I participated in… Read More ›
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“An Honest Swim”
At no point did I want to do this. I was cold and let’s face it, I never want to do an OW swim. In contrast to most OW swimmers nothing inside me craves throwing myself off a boat and… Read More ›
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Fog
We were told that we might leave today. At 11:00am we will get a call to see if we should suit up. First morning impression is that it’s cold, still windy and way too foggy. This photo was taken at… Read More ›
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Briefing: Curious Whales, Currents and a Final Sprint to Barcelona
Monday we finally met the gatekeeper to the Strait, Rafa Gutiérrez Mesa, from the ACNEG (Strait of Gibraltar Swimming Association) for a debriefing of the swim. Here are the details from the meeting: 1) June 21st. The last swimmable day… Read More ›
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My Poolmate Quit
My Poolmate Pro watch has just given up. At times, more important than my teammates, my Poolmate has been my pal through long pool swims, allowing me to disconnect and check in every half and hour or so to see… Read More ›
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Swim4Good Responds To Some Heat
There has been quite a lot of “noise” in cyberspace in response to an etiquette blog I posted a few weeks ago. My post got picked up by some bloggers and there was an infuriated and rabid letter to the Editor of the… Read More ›
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A little training detour
As a half-full kind of person, I have convinced myself that a recent 5-day trip to Las Vegas was key to my training. After Antonio Argüelles advised us to put on a few pounds for our open water adventures, I’ve… Read More ›
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Swimming Etiquette
As in most races, at the start people aggressively swim over you, smack you and ram into you. I get claustrophobic and I can’t breathe. At times it has even felt like I am drowning – but I can accept… Read More ›
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Goggle Alert: Aqua Sphere Kaiman Goggles
In a pool one stops every couple of minutes between sets while in the open water one stops every 45min-1hour. As a pool swimmer I almost never had a problem with my goggles, and when I did have a problem… Read More ›
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Open Water Swimming vs Downhill Skiing
As most youth competitive swimmers, I never learned to ski because ski season is in direct conflict with winter swimming. Growing up in NJ didn’t help either. I never expected (or wanted) to be a skier but I found myself… Read More ›
