It was cold on Saturday night in South Jersey on the East Coast of the United States. So Toa a le Tai founder Bruckner Chase brought a little bit of the tropics and a whole lot of fun to the Ocean City Swim Club workout. They took out all the lane lines in the indoor pool and conducted a Pool Open Water workout for dozens of swimmers - with a bit of
Inland Empire Swimming is a registered USA Swimming committee of volunteers who are enthusiastic about open water swimming. Given the fact that Inland Empire Swimming governs swims in eastern Washington and northern Idaho in the US, not traditionally a hotbed of open water swimming, their passion for open water swimming is inspirational. Led by Ken Schuh,
POW (Pool Open Water) is sweeping across America as swimmers and triathletes start to gear up for the summer open water swimming and triathlon season.Among Special Olympics athletes, Karen Pratz of the Ocean City Recreation Department at the Ocean City Aquatics and Fitness Center in New Jersey started POW workouts earlier this year. Now, POW has spread to
Karen Pratz of the Ocean City Recreation Department at the Ocean City Aquatics and Fitness Center in New Jersey runs a fantastic Special Olympics swimming program with the Stingrays. To the best of our knowledge, Karen had the first Pool Open Water (POW) workout for Special Olympics athletes with the Stingrays yesterday."We had an awesome time with the POW
We have been advocating POW Swimming (Pool Open Water) for years, especially for those triathletes or swimmers who do not have easy access to open water swimming venues.USA Swimming explains its recommendations for POW racing and training in this short 5-minute video:For more examples, videos and information on Pool Open Water swimming (Pool Open Water),
