Courtesy of Karen Einsidler, Mighty Mermaids. The Mighty Mermaids is made up of six women who are all competitive masters swimmers. "We got together to do marathon swims when we were all over 50 [years old]," explains 61-year-old Karen Einsidler. "We do one swim a year and are very selective about the swims we choose. Our inaugural swim together was
Courtesy of Don Watson from Lake Travis in Austin, Texas. "It was a strange weekend in Austin, Texas. On Thursday and Friday, the day before the 12-mile Lake Travis Relay, the air temperature was about 98ºF (36ºC). On race day Saturday, the day started with a heavy rain with thunder and lightening as the air temperature dropped to 54ºF (12ºC) degrees.
In 2008 six women got together to show what a group of women over 50 could accomplish if they banded together. Tracy Grilli, Christie Ciraulo, Jenny Cook, Nancy Steadman-Martin, Lisa Bennett and Karen Einsidler are all top masters swimmers from all over the country: New Hampshire, New Jersey, Virginia (now Florida) and California. They decided to call
Arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan, has turned 50. How time has unceasingly marched on. In the basketball world, that age is far beyond a player's prime. The same is true in most athletic endeavors. The body ages and time catches up with you. As strength, stamina and speed decrease, responsibilities and available time
On land, it can be considered rude to outright ask a man his salary. Similarly, it is considered a breach in etiquette to ask a woman her age. But we found the open water creates the ambiance of the Fountain of Youth. Ask a woman her age after a channel swim or almost any open water swim, and age is generally never hidden. In fact, the older she gets,
Emma Otto-Moudry was blazing fast in shattering the 17.5-mile Ederle Swim course record from Sandy Hook, New Jersey to Manhattan Island in a time of 4 hours 38 minutes yesterday. The previous record was held by Evan Morrison in 5 hours 24 minutes. NYC Swim organized a record attempt based on favorable tides that the young 17-year-old from Ithaca, New York
The Ederle Swim, started in 1925, is along a 17.5-mile (28K) course from New Jersey to New York. It is always a tough swim with 7 out of 11 swimmers finishing in 2007, 1 out of 13 swimmers finishing in 2008 and 3 out of 13 finishing in 2009. 2010 looks to be another tough year, especially with strong winds (30 mph or 48 kph).But the NYC Swim race
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Records continue to fall this marathon swimming season. Americans Christie Plank Ciraulo, Nancy Steadman-Martin, Tracy Grilli, Karen Einsidler, Lisa Bennett and Jenny Cook set a record in the Pacific Ocean with a 9:19:44 crossing of the Catalina Channel. Their time dropped the existing record for an
