Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The June issue of the Open Water Swimming Magazine has lots of articles on how families come together in the sport of open water swimming. Husbands and wives, sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters all coming together in various open water swimming venues around the world. Article
Courtesy of Thomas 'The Gladiator' Noblett and Peter & Bubbles at the Strel Swimming Montenegro Vacation. Research after research has looked at the reasons for happy and unhappy marriages. One study reports the health and attitude of the husband plays a major role in marriage bliss while other studies confirm the adage, "Happy wife, happy life." "A
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lough Sheelin Swims attracted a wide mix of neoprene-clad and traditionally-clad swimmers in its 1 km, 2.5 km, 5 km, 10 km and 15 km courses this weekend. The conditions were tough for the first hour in the 2.5 km loop course in the chilly 14°C water, but as the day progressed the wind dropped off, the sun
50 local swimmers set the world non-stop open water swimming relay record in Lake Cane in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. only a few years ago. Then it was two relay teams of international marathon swimming superstars, including Penny Palfrey, Michelle Macy and Julie Bradshaw, that upped the ante in Lake Taupo in New Zealand (shown on left). The Night Train
LAKE DISTRICT, ENGLAND. The Windermere 12-way Warriors include Liane Llewellyn, Thomas Noblett, Keith Bartolo, Michelle Lefton, Michelle Sharples and Dee Llewellyn who set the world's non-stop lake distance swimming record. Their 3-day, 12-way non-stop adventure of 126 miles was 75 hours and 32 minutes of endurance, teamwork and patience in Windermere in
Liane Llewellyn, Thomas Noblett, Keith Bartolo, Michelle Lefton, Michelle Sharples and Dee Llewellyn wanted to put a non-stop lake distance swimming record out of reach … and they very may well on their 3-day adventure of endurance, teamwork and patience in the Lake District of England. Their 12-way crossing of Windermere broke the existing record of 118
12 Ways To Beat The Night Train Swimmers Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Windermere, England. Six people are taking to England's largest lake, Lake Windermere, in a 12-way attempt to beat the Night Train Swimmers world record for a non-stop lake open water swimming record (108 nautical miles or 200 km). It will be a relay that will go down in the annals of great
