Sink, Save Or Swim: What To Do In A Shipwreck? Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Every now and then, there are news reports of shipwrecks around the world and the unfortunate deaths and heroic rescues that result. Many of these shipwrecks occur close to shore and are within a relatively easy swim to shore for experienced and physically fit
Open Water Swimming Word Of The Day: Deck-ups Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Deck-ups (noun): A pool training set where swimmers pull themselves out of the pool after each swim and dive back into the water for the next swim during an interval-training set. Purpose: The set prepares the athletes for the end of an open water race with an
Courtesy of Gerry Rodrigues, Tower 26, Santa Monica. Coach Gerry Rodrigues, "Tower 26's latest 39-minute Be Race Ready podcast series episode #22 on triathlon swimming is loaded for listening." Rodrigues and co-host Jim Lubinski introduce paraplegic Danny Garcia. "We educate on planning your 2017 season, discuss the final touches of our virtual
Courtesy of Gerry Rodrigues, Tower 26, Santa Monica. There are few coaches in the open water swimming community with the global reach of Tower 26's Gerry Rodrigues. Countless open water swimmers, triathletes, watermen and waterwomen from every walk of life in 118 countries have been listening to his Tower 26 Be Race Ready podcast series. In 37-minute
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. "No butterfly, backstroke or breaststroke," says host Chris Ritter of Ritter Sports Performance who interviewed Tower 26 founder Gerry Rodrigues about open water swimming for triathletes during the first 58-minute session of the 2016 Global Swimming Summit. "Just freestyle...for a newbie or triathlete or
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. "No butterfly, backstroke or breaststroke," says Chris Ritter of Ritter Sports Performance [shown above] who will host the 2016 Global Swimming Summit. "Just freestyle...for a newbie or triathlete or a competitive swimmer hoping to get into the open water. Get access to over a dozen experts on everything
Courtesy of Gerry Rodrigues, Tower 26, Santa Monica. World champion Holly Lawrence discusses how she transformed herself in the open water through the 3Fs: move from fear to familiarity through frequency with Coach Gerry Rodrigues and host Jim Lubinski at Tower 26's Be Race Ready podcast episode #17. Lawrence talks about thorough preparation for a
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The ASATT Maracas Open Water Classic is annually held in Maracas Bay on Trinidad's north coast in San Juan-Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago. It is one of the longest running open water swims in the Americas. While the results of the Top 10 swimmers in each of the longest two events were dominated by
Courtesy of Gerry Rodrigues, Tower 26, Santa Monica. Tower 26's Be Race Ready podcast episode #16 on tapering has been posted by Coach Gerry Rodrigues and host Jim Lubinski. With listeners from 112 countries tuning in, Coach Rodrigues and professional athlete Lubinski have certainly gone global. "In episode #16, Jim and I discuss tapering for the swim.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. "Oh, the water is like a bath here," was Julieanne Goode's first impression when she arrived in Los Angeles from her native Australia. After training diligently in 10-12°C water for her Catalina Channel crossing back home, the water in the Pacific Ocean along the California coast felt so warm. Goode
