Open water swimmers often discuss, debate and experiment with different gel packs and drinks before determining what works best for them. There are also discussions concerning when to drink or eat during a race or solo swim (see gel pack in Chloe Sutton's technical swimsuit on left). Various research projects have found that ingestion of a mixture of
Courtesy of WOWSA, Beijing, China. Way back 11 years ago almost to the day, 16-year-old American Chloe Sutton won the qualification race in the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park to earn her spot in the 2008 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim finals that would occur later in July. The women's 10 km marathon swim was the first open water race held in a modern-day
Back in 2008, a young American, Chloe Sutton from Mission Viejo Nadadores, was preparing for her first Olympics in the 10 km marathon swim. Under the coaching of Bill Rose, Sutton worked on both her endurance and speed in a variety of workouts. Over a two-day period, these were her workouts: Day One:400 warm-up on 6:004 x 100 on 2:00 (drill 25 armpit
Two-time Olympic pool and open water swimmer Chloe Sutton was known for working out very hard. With her permission, we observed a few of her 50-meter pool workouts in Mission Viejo, California under the coaching of Bill Rose where she focused on both her endurance and speed . Day One:400 warm-up on 6:004 x 100 on 2:00 (drill 25 armpit and 25 fingertip
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Every world-class open water swimmer comes from the pool swimming community. They trained hard, competed well, and then found their innate talents were best suited to the open water swimming world. They fine-tuned their skills and swimming technique first in the pool and then transferred their
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Coach John Payne of SEAL Innovation Team works closely with Olympians Alex Meyer, Chloe Sutton, gold medalist Charlie Houchin, world championship medalist Ashley Twichell, and Puerto Rican swimmer Christian Bayo. He is also the Director of Coaching for the Triangle Aquatic Center when he coaches an age
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Olympians Janet Evans, Jason Lezak, Chloe Sutton, Rowdy Gaines, Anthony Ervin, and Jessica Hardy were in Long Beach, California today giving advice on how to be safe around the water. With a collective 20 Olympic medals and 38 world records between them, they all had fantastically interesting tidbits of
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dear Long Beach Make a Splash Tour participant, Between the excitement of listening to Olympians and Olympic gold medalists like Anthony Ervin, Rowdy Gaines, Janet Evans, Jessica Hardy, Jason Lezak, and Chloe Sutton talk at the USA Swimming Foundation’s Make a Splash Tour, interested swimmers can also learn
Chloe Sutton, a long-time open water swimmer turned pool Olympian, and Dana Vollmer, an occasional ocean swimmer and mainstay on the USA Olympic swim team, are often found smiling. For good reason: they are blazing fast and are often found on top of awards podiums. The duo were named as two of the most gorgeous women on the American Olympic team. Natalie
Ryan Seacrest may be a bit early in calling Chloe Sutton a 2012 Olympian (since she will have her chance to qualify for the USA Olympic Team in June), but the ubiquitous American celebrity did label the multiple national pool and open water swimming champion from Mission Viejo, California and a 2008 Olympic marathon swimmer one of the world's Hottest Female
