Author Archives
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Antonio Argüelles – Doble Conquistador de la Triple Corona de Natación
(If you want to read this interview in English, please go here) Sólo 67 nadadores han logrado completar las tres pruebas de la Triple Corona de Natación de Aguas Abiertas: el Canal de la Mancha (33.7 km), el Canal de Catalina… Read More ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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Patrick’s Car Theory
My 3 teamates are darn good swimmers. They are the product of competitive US Swimming from age 5 to 22. Carrington’s swimming pedigree includes 4-time All American, Princeton University swim team captain, 3-time Ivy League champion and 1 Eastern Championship… Read More ›
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Guest Post: Local Gibraltarian Albert Yome on his Strait of Gibraltar Swim
On July 11 2012, Albert Yome became the 5th Gibraltarian to successfully swim across his local pool: the Strait of Gibraltar. Thank you Albert for sharing your story with us. ———————————————————————————- I took up open water swimming about 5 years… Read More ›
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Target day for our Gibraltar swim: July 6
A couple of days ago I headed to Tarifa to try to secure a date for our swim across the Strait of Gibraltar. I met up with Rafael Gutierrez, President of the Strait of Gibraltar Swimming Association to submit our… Read More ›
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Training
The harder you practice, the luckier you get — Gary Player, South African Golfer
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Salt Water
The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen
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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 ›
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