Magnifique: Monahan Completes Quadruple Manhattan Swim Courtesy of Urban Swim, Manhattan Island, New York. When 18-year-old Robert Dowling completed the first 45.9 km circumnavigation swim around Manhattan Island in New York City in 13 hours 45 minutes, no one could imagine a swimmer in the distant future like Jaimie Monahan. Even now, it is hard to
The One And Only, Jaimie Monahan Courtesy of Urban Swim. Jaimie Monahan is a channel swimmer, marathon swimmer, ice swimmer, Ice Ironwoman, two-time Guinness World Records holder, Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame who are arguably put in more air miles than anyone in the open water swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Rose Pitonof Swim, a tidal-assisted 17-mile (27.3 km) swim from Manhattan Island to Coney Island in New York, will be held on August 13th. "This annual event commemorates the historic swim of Rose Pitonof, a world champion swimmer of the early 1900s," explains race founder Deanne Draeger. "Rose was the
Abigail Long photo courtesy of Urban Swim, New York City. Urban Swim: Rose Pitonof Manhattan to Coney Island from TRAVLETE on Vimeo. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The beautiful 2 km canal course of the Round Christiansborg Swim around the Danish Parliament Christiansborg starts in the harbour basin at The Black Diamond. This is the national library in the heart of the capital of Denmark where over 3,000 swimmers raced in the urban setting. The ninth edition
A Rose Starts To Bloom In The City Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Deanne Draeger started the Rose Pitonof Swim in New York City in 2011. The open water swimming seeds she planted with the centennial of Rose’s swim in 1911 are on schedule to blossom big-time with her new Urban Swim in the summer of 2012. Deanne and Swim Ambassador Jason
