Outside Magazine is getting into the game by supporting our nichey sport of open water swimming. This article is about an open water swim camp for aspiring English Channel swimmers. The camp is sponsored by Hall of Fame swimmer Ned Denison each … Continue reading
http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/Lynne-Cox/lynne-cox-story There was an article published the other day on none other than Lynne Cox, one of the most influential “founding mothers” of our sport of open water swimming. It was published by ESPN, and they really got it … Continue reading
People are very gracious about listening to English Channel swimming stories; at least in my case, even the stories take fourteen hours and eighteen minutes to tell. The English Channel is a novelty, it is romantic, and it has a … Continue reading
The thing about a sport like swimming is that the swimmers always get faster. Every few years, there is a breakthrough – a new suit technology, a new superstar who is a physical anomaly – something that makes people say, … Continue reading
Lots of people are talking about jellyfish these days. The environmental activists will say, “You know, the oceans are warming everywhere, so there are swarms of jellyfish where there never have been before.” I don’t doubt that there is truth … Continue reading
Monday, February 1, 2010 – three years ago today. That was the day that I had spinal surgery. Susan and I got up at 4:30 in the morning, got in the car and drove to Chicago. It was cold and … Continue reading
We welcomed sunrise around 6:30 a.m. After a long night of swimming in the ink-black water, seeing some light was a big lift. The bigger lift, though, was a “serenade” I had been looking forward to for more than a … Continue reading
It really was “go” time. We got going with all of the last minute preparations, between getting into the old familiar Speedo, Susan applying the Channel grease (a mixture of Vaseline and lanolin) around my neck and shoulders … Continue reading
Swimming the Catalina Channel. In California, they call it the San Pedro Channel (pronounced “PEE-dro” for some reason) but it is the same body of water. 21 miles of open ocean, swimming from Santa Catalina Island almost straight north to … Continue reading
Thursday, September 27th, was a big day for the A Long Swim team. That was the day that we swam the 21 miles of the Catalina Channel, from Catalina Island to Palos Verdes Peninsula in California. Here it is Monday … Continue reading