International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame honorees Ned Denison and Vicki Keith talked with Ashley Murphy née Cowan, a quadruple amputee due to contracting meningitis when she was a baby, on today's WOWSA Live. Cowan's story with Keith begins at the age of 8 when she was inspired by Keith's marathon swims across Lake Ontario. Cowan wanted to complete
Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Ned Denison, Courtney Moates Paulk, David Smith, Vicki Keith on WOWSA Live International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmers Dr. Vicki Keith C.M. and David Smith, Ph.D., and Courtney Moates Paulk spoke about their many hallucinations during their marathon swims on today's WOWSA Live
Vicki Keith Talks About Doing The Impossible On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Lake Ontario, Can. 59-year-old Vicki Keith, C.M., O. Ont., LLD, ChPCa has done multiple truly epic marathon swims in her life - from swimming for over 5 days in a pool (129+ hours) to doing a two-way crossing of Lake Ontario in her native Canada. Dr. Keith talked
Hallucinations In The Open Water, A Future Edition Of WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Ontario, Canada. The venerable Dr. Vicki Keith C.M. spoke about many hallucinations during her marathon swims during her WOWSA Live interview. A special future edition of WOWSA Live will be conducted with Dr. Keith and others. These swimmers have all experienced
Teaching Open Water To The Next Generation Courtesy of WOWSA, Long Beach, California. Parents and coaches often ask how their young athletes can develop a passion and yearning for the open water. These 10 relatively easy steps to a good start: 1. Develop a love and appreciation for the coastline and shoreline. Allow the children to play at the lake,
Renaissance Women In The Contemporary Open Water World Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A Renaissance man is often applied to the gifted people of the Renaissance era (from the 14th to 17th century) who sought to develop their full intellectual, artistic, social and physical capabilities. The term often describes the great thinkers like
Kim Rutherford Achieves a Dream Across Strait of Juan de Fuca Courtesy of Terri Schneider, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington (USA) - Vancouver (Canada). Kimberly Rutherford likes hard. Really, really hard - and preferably cold. Really really cold. The 60-year-old California ice and marathon swimmer, coach and administrator was the third person in history
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. Vicki Keith, C.M., O. Ont., LLD, ChPc, the Founder/Coordinator of Y Abilities Programs as one of the featured speakers at the webinar, Impact of Inclusion: Perspectives on Accessibility in Sport back in 2016. Former United State president George Bush Sr., said of the Canadian International Marathon
Photos courtesy of Andrew Malinak, Marathon Swimmers Federation, California. With online viewers from around the world looking on, a Desitin- and lanolin-covered Sarah Thomas steadily and powerfully walked up a boat dock on Wahweap Marina in Lake Powell along the Arizona-Utah border in the western United States. She not only spoke calmly to her
GPS tracker courtesy of Evan Morrison, Marathon Swimmers Federation. Melissa Yasmin Berkay writes frequently about open water swimming and elite open water swimmers, from Olympians to channel swimmers, for Swimming World Magazine. It will be interesting to see how she writes about her own 12 hour 37 minute butterfly crossing of the Catalina Channel
