For anybody interested in marathon swimming and wanting to have a better context into Diana Nyad’s swim, The Marathon Swimmers Forum‘s thread titled 110 miles, 53 hours: questions for Diana Nyad should be required reading. In it, swimmers raised legitimate questions in… Read More ›
Since I arrived in San Francisco three weeks ago, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting a group of OW swimmers who call themselves Night Train Swimmers. Lucky for me, they’ve adopted me into their swimming circle so I’ve gone on… Read More ›
We love to hear friends tell us they’re inspired to start swimming. We were especially thrilled when we got an e-mail from Mark entitled “Some serious questions” in which he told us that he considering the challenge of swimming the Strait… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
This weekend we had a very special guest at our house in Sitges. I’ll give you a hint: he’s one of the few people in the world to have completed the Triple Crown. If you’re wondering what that is, it’s… Read More ›
Open water swimming offers a luxury that few other activities provide: the ability to focus. Out of the water, we are constantly falling into the trap of over connectedness. The media and society tells us that the more connected we… Read More ›
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 ›
