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Nurturing Success In The Channel

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:15:34 +0000

“ We wrote a nature vs. nurture story earlier this year about cold-water swim preparations: what is more important to swim well in cold water, a swimmer’s innate qualities (e.g., body fat percentage and mental toughness) or the swimmer’s training and acclimatization to cold water through hard work and commitment?

One 25-year-old former pool [...]

Winning In Windermere

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:49:48 +0000

“ Daniil Serebrennikov and Nadine Pastor of German upset their more famous elite competitors in the 1-mile British Gas Great North Swim yesterday under sunny skies and in 17°C water in Lake Windermere this weekend. Olympian and race commentator Steve Parry reports, ‘The elite races demonstrated the importance of tactics for both the men’s [...]

Great Moments in Open Water Swimming

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:41:09 +0000

“Take a look back at some of the great moments in open water swimming. Open water swimming guru Steve Munatones has assembled a list of over 30 people, places, and…”

(CLICK HERE FOR MORE -> About Swimming Great Moments in Open Water Swimming: .)

(Via About Swimming Great Moments in Open Water Swimming: .)

Great Scottish Swim 2009

admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:59:51 +0000

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Saturday 29 August 2009 – Strathclyde Country Park

The Great Scottish Swim looks set to make waves this August when the exciting one mile open water challenge comes to North Lanarkshire. Entries are now open at www.greatswim.org.

The swim is the latest event to be announced as part of Great Swim – a new series of one [...]

First day of the season at Dover

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:14:37 +0000

Concerned dads, protecting swimmers, scour the sea for hazards after swimming in the Channel (and two large cod & chips!)

The first May weekend is traditionally the start of the Channel swimming season and Clissold’s own Channel swimmers went down to remind themselves how it all feels. The weather was great and the water was [...]

Woman scores Atlantic swim first

admin — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:04:06 +0000

“A 56-year-old American athlete has become the first woman on record to swim the Atlantic.

Jennifer Figge took 24 days to swim from the Cape Verde islands off Africa to Trinidad. The exact distance she covered has yet to be calculated.” (update – about 250 miles! – some people are already calling it the great Atlantic [...]

Cross-Channel swimming race is back

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:06:52 +0000

but this one-arm wonder is a tough act to follow from the Times Online

“It was 2am and all was dark apart from the glow of a lantern on the rowing boat that was to be Eileen Fenton%u2019s constant companion for the next 15 hours. As she set off on her journey from Cap Gris Nez, [...]

A.M.C.R CHANNEL SWIM APPEAL MID-WINTER GATHERING

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:10:05 +0000

IN HACKNEY

A chance to see video footage of the September 2008 Channel relay swim in aid of Afghan Mother and Child Rescue.

Six women from the Serpentine Swimming Club made it across a rather angry (and busy) stretch of water in a record-breaking (long) time of 23 hours 16 minutes in mid- September.

The [...]

Kathryn Mason nails it and stuns the crowd at the Great River Swim

admin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:04:36 +0000

Tri247 Weekend Roundup the other week included the following snippet!

“The appreciative crowd saved a big cheer for 38 year-old Kathryn Mason (Clissold Masters) who opted to swim the whole distance using butterfly and without a wetsuit.” Full results here.”

(Via Results – 7th Annual Great River Swim – Tri247: .)

Alison Streeter, Queen of the Channel, poetry

admin — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:34:33 +0000

“It’s Dark

port light rocks on my right

Ferries glide by either side like Blackpool illuminations

Invariably the small hours invoke intense solitude

My friend , the moon casts its silvery shadow on the rippling surface ….”

(Via WPS page 142: .)