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• Swim4Good Just Got a Lot Bigger

  By mauprieto on April 17, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Swim4Good was launched on August 2012 by Emily Kunze, Susan Moody and myself with the objective of swimming across the Strait of Gibraltar and raising $100.000 for Worldreader.  On July 11 2013, we reached our goal of swimming across the Strait… Read More ›

• Guest post: From Crewing to Swimming the Strait of Gibraltar

  By mauprieto on April 5, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  When Emily, Susan and I swam across the Strait of Gibraltar last summer, our friend Mark crewed for us and made a huge difference in our swim.  He wrote a hilarious post about his experience crewing for us. At that point, unbeknown… Read More ›

• Poll results: Coldest water 1 hour swim and peeing in the pool

  By mauprieto on March 20, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  65 swimmers from 13 countries responded our most recent poll.  Distribution by country: US: 25 responses Spain: 16 UK: 9 Ireland: 4 Australia: 3 Israel, New Zealand, Gibraltar, Portugal, Switzerland, Ukraine, Estonia, Mexico: 1 1. What is the coldest water… Read More ›

• Quick poll on two independent matters: cold water and peeing

  By mauprieto on March 13, 2014 • ( 1 )

  In this month’s quick poll, we are interested in understanding two things: 1. The coldest temperature water you’ve swum at least for 1 hour (no wetsuit). 2. Whether you pee in your pool workouts or not.  I’m skeptical about the… Read More ›

• Meet Richard – Sueño88 swimmer and physician

  By mauprieto on February 20, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  When Vito suggested the idea of swimming across the Sea of Cortez in a 6 swimmer relay, I immediately thought that Richard would be a great fit.  First, he was a great supporter of our Gibraltar swim last year and is… Read More ›

• Swim4Good Meetup: Cala del Castell (2 Feb 2014)

  By mauprieto on February 3, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Este domingo tuvimos un excelente día de natación en la Costa Brava.  11 amigos salimos desde la Cala del Castell en dirección a Cala Estreta.  El plan era llegar a Cala Estreta y regresar a Cala del Castell, un recorrido… Read More ›

• Cold Water Therapy

  By mauprieto on January 31, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  I started being intrigued about swimming in cold water (without a wetsuit) in October 2012. And it is not a coincidence that this was the time I started reading Donal Buckley‘s fantastic open water swimming blog Loneswimmer. Donal is an… Read More ›

• Survey Results: Are you Planning a Dream Swim?

  By mauprieto on January 25, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  A few weeks ago we launched a quick survey to understand people’s open water dream swims. We gota total of  26 responses. 6 from Ireland, 4 from US, 4 from UK, 3 from Canada, 2 from South Africa, 2 from… Read More ›

• Guest Post: Nuevos Neoprenos OW (Open Water) by Sailfish

  By mauprieto on January 12, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Nuestro amigo Pepe Navarro (General Manager de Sailfish Spain) escribe a continuación un post en el que nos anuncia el próximo lanzamiento de una nueva modalidad de neoprenos que Sailfish lanzará en España en el mes de Febrero. Aprovechamos para… Read More ›

• El Mar de Cortés – Junio 2014

  By mauprieto on January 8, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  (English version of this post is found here) En los últimos meses, Susan y yo nos hemos hecho buenos amigos de Vito Bialla, una persona que vive bajo la premisa de que “cuando vale la pena hacer algo, hay que hacerlo a todo… Read More ›