Ready, Set, Go On The Global Swim Series0 (0)
Global Swim Series is starting back up again after the COVID-19 pandemic
Tag: El Cruce
Ready, Set, Go On The Global Swim Series
El Cruce In Mexico On WOWSA Live0 (0)
El Cruce In Mexico On WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA, Cancún, Mexico. Today's edition of WOWSA Live with co-host Antonio Argüelles interviewed the following guests: * Rafael Hernández, race director of El Cruce in Cancún * René MartÃnez Saenz, race director of Boca Laguna Swim & Run Fest in Chapala, Jalisco * Edna Llorens, race director of Por Ellas
Blue As Can Be…El Cruce0 (0)
Courtesy of the 11th edition of El Cruce, 3 km and 10 km Cancun to Isla Mujeres in Mexico.
A Day At The Museum, El Cruce In Cancún0 (0)
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. El Cruce is one of the world's most beautiful and unique marathon swims. Held in the tropically warm and clear waters off Cancún in Mexico, El Cruce was originally started in 1980 with 30 swimmers competing on a 3 km out-and-back course off the Isla Mujeres. But the 1990s ushered in the start of a 10 km
Beauty And The Beast In The Open Water0 (0)
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are few swims around the world that are as tropically beautiful and challenging as El Cruce (see more here). Rafa Hernández has really made El Cruce special. The annual event held in April attracts nearly 800 competitors from 15 to 70 years to its 9.5 km sea swim from Cancún to Isla Mujeres where the
Why Open Water Swimming Is An Analogy For Life0 (0)
Swimming upstream. Up a creek without a paddle. Swim against the tide. The calm before the storm. In the swim of things. Out of the swim of things. Sink or swim. Be in the swim of things. It is remarkable how many idioms in life are related to open water swimming. But every open water swimmer knows how much these saying have meaning on terra firma.
Mano-a-Mano In The Sea0 (0)
Viewed from every angle, the sea swim in Cancún was an outstanding race between Luiz Lima, a two-time Olympian from Brazil, and Fernando Betanzos, one of the brightest young Mexican swimmers, at the 10 km El Cruce (Por La Libre), a 10 km crossing from Cancún to Mexico's famed Isla Mujeres. Among the 398 swimmers who entered the 10 km race, Lima and Betanzos
A Gorgeous In The Water Start0 (0)
Rafael Hernández, race director of El Cruce (Por La Libre) in Cancún, Mexico's Isla Mujeres, organized a great offshore start for the 192 swimmers in the 3 km race. Fom Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, United States, Canada, UK, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Spain, the top swimmers included: 1. Carlos Fernando Carvajal - 45:02 2. Karina Ruiz Arrieta - 47:48 (top
The Start Of El Cruce From Cancún To Isla Mujeres0 (0)
Rafael Hernández, race director of El Cruce, a 3 km and 10 km event from Cancun to Mexico's famed Isla Mujeres reported that 398 swimmers competed in the 10 km race and 192 swimmers did the 3 km race. And the 590 swimmers were from all over the world: Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, United States, Canada, UK, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Spain. The top 3
