After little more than a month, the Marathon Swimmers Forum is approaching 1,000 posts! In the interest of making all this content as accessible as possible, we’re now offering Email Digest Subscriptions. To receive a daily email containing all forum … Continue reading
Last weekend I drove 90 minutes for a 19-minute swim – which would be unusual for me nowadays, even for an open-water swim. But this was a pool swim! Heresy! There were other good reasons for the trip, however. I … Continue reading
Swim golf – or SWOLF – is an interesting drill, intended to measure efficiency in swimming. But it’s important to understand how to use it correctly. Here’s the drill: Swim one length of the pool Count the number of strokes … Continue reading
A recent post at Open Water Chicago alerted me to an incredible collection of photos at the Indiana University Digital Library, taken by Charles Cushman between 1938 and 1969. Of particular interest are the numerous shots he took at Chicago’s Promontory … Continue reading
This summer I will attempt something truly audacious… groundbreaking… unprecedented… game-changing. I will attempt to (ahem…) cross the English Channel. Not once, not twice or even thrice. Ten times. Consecutively. 210 miles without stopping. Needless to say, this has never … Continue reading
There’s an old saying about cold-water marathon swimming: Either be fat, or be fast. Is it oversimplified? Probably. Crass? Definitely. But there’s a kernel of truth worth examining. Thin swimmers have made it across the English Channel, but they’re usually … Continue reading
Since its beta launch March 7 and its public launch March 12, the Marathon Swimmers Forum has attracted 230 registered members (and many more who benefit from its content anonymously), and over 23,000 page-views. It’s already a remarkable community – vibrant, … Continue reading