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• Bridge to Bridge Swim- Through the America’s Cup

  By Soozmoody on September 23, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  Wanna know the best way to see the SF bay?  No, it’s not by boat or by foot.  Swimming the 10 km from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Bay Bridge gives you a unique view to the city– and… Read More ›

• Bay Area Swimming: From Bridge to Bridge

  By Soozmoody on September 21, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  For the past couple of weeks I’ve been swimming with the Night Train Swimmers and I’ve become buds with the leader of the group, Vito Bialla (one of “101 Movers and Shakers in the Open Water Swimming World“– along with… Read More ›

• Marnaton eDreams Cadaqués: 38 hours of swimming and friends

  By mauprieto on September 16, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  The 6th edition of Marnaton eDreams Cadaqués 6.5 km took place last Saturday with the participation of 700 swimmers. I was very happy to have Owen O’Keefe come down from Ireland to participate in this event. Hopefully next year Owen… Read More ›

• Thoughts on the Diana Nyad Controversy

  By mauprieto on September 12, 2013 • ( 20 )

  

  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 ›

• Damian Blaum: World Champion FINA Open Water 2013

  By mauprieto on September 8, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  (Si quieres ver esta entrevista en Español, por favor ve aquí). In November 2012, we had the pleasure of interviewing Damian Blaum on this blog.  Back then, Damian had already an enviable swimming career, having been ranked #2 in the year… Read More ›

• Damian Blaum: Campeón del Mundo de Aguas Abiertas 2013 FINA Grand Prix

  By mauprieto on September 8, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  (If you want to see this interview in English, please go here) En noviembre 2012, tuvimos el placer de entrevistar a Damian Blaum en este blog.  En ese momento, Damian tenía ya un repertorio envidiable en el deporte de natación de… Read More ›

• New Swim4Good Caps – Do You Want One?

  By mauprieto on August 26, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  We finally received our new Swim4Good swim caps.  One side of the cap shows a map (with a blue dot in the Strait of Gibraltar) that has the names of all the people who helped us reach  $106.450 in donations… Read More ›

• SF’s Open Water Swimming Scene: Night Train Swimmers

  By Soozmoody on August 16, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• “An Honest Swim”

  By emilykunze on August 2, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  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 ›

• Swimming in the middle of America’s Cup!

  By Soozmoody on July 31, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Tomorrow morning Emily and I are going to suit up and dive into the frigid waters of the SF Bay.  That’s right, we’re doing the mythical Alcatraz swim– famous for it’s dangerous riptides which deterred the island’s former inmates from… Read More ›

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