Marcy MacDonald Describes Her Journey On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Huntington Beach, California. International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame dual inductee Dr. Marcy MacDonald is a swimming-focused podiatrist who thoroughly enjoys her professional career and her swimming adventures to the fullest. Among the
Fastest Times Of The Grand Slam Of Open Water Swimming Information by Ron Collins, Florida. Grand Slam in sports can mean different things: * Grand Slam (Formula One) = driver winning a Grand Prix from pole position, leading every lap of the race, and setting the fastest lap of the race * Grand Slam (NASCAR) = winning all Sprint Cup Series majors in a
Courtesy of Hawaii News Now at the Molokai Channel and Linda Kaiser of Ka'iwi Channel Swimmers Association. Swimming across the 42 km Molokai Channel is hard enough. Doing it at the pace of another swimmer is doubly hard. But nothing gets past channel veterans Elizabeth Fry and Dr Marcy MacDonald.* The duo went stroke-for-stroke and completed a tough
Chloë McCardel Makes It Look As Easy As 1-2-3 Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 10 down...and many more to go. 30-year-old Chloë McCardel is making crossings of the English Channel look easy, both as an athlete and coach. But as the open water swimming community knows profoundly well, nothing great is easy. Behind the scenes, McCardel has
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California: an update to the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming: There were a lot of decades of swimming and open water experience when Marcy MacDonald and Scott Lautman jointly took off on their last leg of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming last year in June. If there was anything like a guarantee in channel
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The open water is a great equalizer. High navigational IQ knows no gender or age barriers. Gertrude Ederle showed the world that women could swim across the English Channel. Lynne Cox did things no man dreamed before. Penny Dean crushed not only the English Channel record, but also the Catalina Channel
It's Where I Am Home Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers often write poetically about their experiences in the oceans and lakes around the world. The aquatic adventurists also speak eloquently about what motivates them and how they feel swimming in the world's waterways. They speak of being one with the environment about
Nothing in the English Channel is guaranteed, but when Dr. Marcy MacDonald stands on the shores of Dover, there is good money on her chances of completing what she sets out to do. Since 1994, the podiatrist from Andover, Connecticut has been crossing the English Channel between France and England. And she has gradually become one of the most prolific
Open water swimming safety is discussed in committee meetings and among coaches, but open water swimming safety issues are rarely presented in public especially with the participation of experienced race directors, coaches, administrators, athletes and physicians in attendance. Now is the opportunity at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on the
Accolades are pouring in from around the world for Jim Doty who passed away yesterday in the company of his family near Boston. The marathon swimming icon from New England was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour Swimmer in 2002 and served on its Board of Directors for a number of years. His sense of service and
