The Swim Miami weekend kicks off with a FINIS Open Water Swim Clinic with Luane Rowe followed by a KAATSU Aqua Clinic with Steven Munatones held at the Miami Yacht Club on Watson Island in Miami, Florida.
Rowe has won numerous races from Australia to Hawaii to Florida to the Cayman Islands and will talk about how to swim faster, navigate better, move more efficiently in the open water. Munatones will talk about how blood flow moderation training, known as KAATSU, can enhance training for competitive pool swimmers, open water swimmers and triathletes.
A pasta dinner follows with the nearly 200 people entered in Sunday’s 10 km marathon swim and hundreds of others participating in the 800m, Miami Mile, and 5 km swim offshore to Watson Island.
Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.