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 ›
Open Water
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Damian Blaum – Open Water Olympian and 2nd in the World
(Si quieres leer esta entrevista en español, por favor pincha aquí) It´s a real honour and pleasure to have olympian and 2nd in the FINA world rankings Damian Blaum in our blog. Damian has an outstanding swimming resume, including 3… Read More ›
Damian Blaum – Campeón de aguas abiertas
(If you want to see this interview in English, please go here) Es un honor y un placer contar con la contribución de Damian Blaum, nadador olímpico y Subcampeon Mundial 2007, 2009, 2010 y 2012 en el ranking mundial de… Read More ›
Part III Skin – How Swimming Makes You Ugly
SKIN As swimmers, we don’t get bruises like the women soccer or field hockey players but we do get chaffing. This is mostly caused by the harshness of the salt from sea but can also be caused by using a… Read More ›
Ranie Pearce – Interview
Ranie Pearce has quite an endurance swimming resume. A resident of the SF Bay area, where she swims year round in the frigid waters of the Pacific Ocean, she has swam across the Strait of Gibraltar, the English Channel, and… Read More ›
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