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A FREE Gift to the Open Water Community!

The Open Water Almanac
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The Open Water Almanac - Chapters 21-30

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Chapter 21. An Open Water Swimming Hero

Open water swimming coach Rick Walker talks about the risks of open water swimming, even at the highest levels. 
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Chapter 22. Where Are Open Water Races Conducted?

With 70% of the Earth's surface covered in water, open water swimmers have a vast choice of where they swim. The world's waterways range from warm to cold, salt to fresh, calm to rough, manmade to natural. Open Water Source analyzed 1,423 open water swims in 79 countries throughout Asia, Europe, Oceania, the Americas and Africa and found the following data about where open water swims are held. See PDF document below...

Chapter 23. New Open Water Swims Around The World

Looking for new open water swims around the world?  See PDF document below for details.

Chapter 24. Open Water Swims In The Future

Looking for a bucket list of future open water swims in the United States?  One possible list is below.  Any more ideas, send them to Open Water Source.

Chapter 25. Five Oceans

Lewis Gordon Pugh came up with the Five Oceans concept. Meeting the criteria of Five Oceans concept means a swimmer must complete a long-distance swim in all of the five oceans of the world: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern (also known as the Antarctic) and Arctic Oceans. See PDF document below.

Chapter 26. International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame

From Captain Matthew Webb who first crossed the English Channel in 1875 to Lynne Cox who was the first person to swim in Antarctica, open water swimming has always attracted heroic and risk-taking adventurers.  The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) celebrates these athletes.  See PDF document below.

Chapter 27. Open Water Swim Clubs, Teams And Organizations

Back in the 1970's, a quiet, hard-working open water swimming team in Southern California, coached by Siga Rose, had a number of young ocean swimmers who trained constantly along the coast of California. Those swimmers - Lynne Cox, Penny Dean, John York - eventually became world-famous as they went on to set numerous records in channels around the world. Dial forward forty years and there are now hundreds of open water swimming teams, groups, clubs, societies and associations flourishing around the world.  See PDF document below.


Chapter 28. Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde In the Open Water

They are photogenic. They are incredibly physically fit. They smile brightly and wave enthusiastically to the crowds before and after their races. They hug each other after their races are over. They give great interviews with thoughtful answers. So nice. So gracious. So accommodating. So admirable. Modern goddesses of the high seas. But when the gun goes off in world-class open water swims, a dramatic change occurs.  See PDF document below.

Chapter 29. Open Water Swimming Ecosystem

What kind of open water swimming competitions are there around the world.  See PDF document below for details.

Chapter 30. Swim Near The Rocks

Swimmers know the dangers of swimming near the rocks while in the open water. Bruises, bumps and scraps are generally things for open water swimmers to avoid. But, swimming near these rocks is cool. See PDF document below for details.

THE OPEN WATER ALMANAC
This comprehensive and authoritative collection is a compilation of various aspects of open water swimming.  The FREE portion of the Open Water Almanac consists of the following chapters.  Hundreds of additional chapters - that cover an increasingly broad spectrum of the sport - are available to Open Water Source members.
  • Chapter 1: The Open Water Swimming Dictionary
  • Chapter 2. Expect The Unexpected
  • Chapter 3. Open Water Swimming Books and Movies
  • Chapter 4. Open Water Swimming Haikus and Poems
  • Chapter 5. Higher Math For Open Water Swimmers
  • Chapter 6. Open Water Swimming Circumnavigations
  • Chapter 7. Open Water Swimming Relays
  • Chapter 8. Is Open Water Swimming Nearing A Tipping Point?
  • Chapter 9. Four Fundamental Feeding Steps
  • Chapter 10. Outstanding Open Water Swimming Websites
  • Chapter 11. The Socratic Method In The Open Water
  • Chapter 12. Open Water Swimming Products
  • Chapter 13. Fears Of The Open Water
  • Chapter 14. Ocean’s Seven
  • Chapter 15. Triple Crown Of Open Water Swimming
  • Chapter 16. 50 Great Open Water Locations In The Americas
  • Chapter 17. America’s Top 50 Open Water Swims
  • Chapter 18. World’s Top 100 Open Water Swims
  • Chapter 19. America’s Top 10 Most Competitive Open Water Races
  • Chapter 20. Longest Solo Swims In The World
  • Chapter 21. An Open Water Swimming Hero
  • Chapter 22. Where Are Open Water Raced Conducted?
  • Chapter 23. New Open Water Swims Around The World
  • Chapter 24. Open Water Swims In The Future
  • Chapter 25. Five Oceans
  • Chapter 26. International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
  • Chapter 27. Open Water Swim Clubs, Teams And Organizations
  • Chapter 28. Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde In The Open Water
  • Chapter 29. Open Water Swimming Ecosystem
  • Chapter 30. Swim Near The Rocks
  • Chapter 31. 50 Great Open Water Swimming Locations
  • Chapter 32. Inner Thoughts Of A Marathon Swimming Coach
  • Chapter 33. Triathletes And Open Water Swimmers As Endurance Cousins
  • Chapter 34. Eco-swimming: Staying Green In Blue Waters
  • Chapter 35. Cold-water Swimming
  • Chapter 36. A Champion In The Pool And Open Water
  • Chapter 37. Open Water Swimming Trivia
  • Chapter 38. Pyramid Of Open Water Swimming Success
 

Introducing...
A Comprehensive Collection for the Entire Open Water Community

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Are you a veteran open water swimmer or a newcomer to the sport?  Whether experienced or a newbie, you will appreciate the value of this compilation!

The Open Water Almanac is a collection of resources and documents developed, edited and updated by the Open Water Source as its gift to the global open water swimming community.

Let's meet the author.


About the Author:
Steven Munatones has served as the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Team coach at the 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007 World Swimming Championships and 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010 national team camps. He has written several cover stories for Swimming World Magazine, U.S. Masters Swimming SWIMMER Magazine and Competitor Magazine. He is an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee and board member.  He created and manages the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame website.  He is a member of the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Committee where he drafted many of the rules, guidelines, protocols and regulations currently used in the sport. He was the 1982 World Long Distance Swimming Champion (25K in Lake Windermere, England), did five unprecedented solo swims over 30K in Asia and several professional marathon swims in Canada, Mexico and Atlantic City. He was the NBC Olympics' Commentator for the 2008 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Beijing. He created the Open Water Swimming Dictionary, World's Top 100 Open Water Swims, America's Top 50 Open Water Swims, the World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, the World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year, Open Water Wednesday, the Pyramid of Open Water Success, Ocean's Seven and the Open Water Almanac.  He has prepared open water swimming materials used by NBC, USA Swimming, Beijing Olympic Committee, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, National Public Radio and National Geographic Magazine. He serves as the Technical Delegate for the Special Olympics and 2011 World Games and as an adviser to race directors in the USA, from California to New York, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Greece, Mexico and Japan.  He is a member of the board of directors of Swim Free and was the race director for the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships, the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10K and the Distance Swim Challenge.  He wrote the script for Out of the Box, USA Swimming's 90-minute educational DVD on open water swimming and The Tactics and Techniques of Open Water Swimmers.  He has kayaked, paddled, escorted and coached several swimmers in numerous channels and lakes around the world including the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Japan, South Pacific and the Hawaiian Islands.  He created The Daily News of Open Water Swimming, the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame website, The Water Is Open, 10Kswim, Virtual Swim, Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, Water Polo Hair and SwiMetrics.  He created and hosted the first Global Open Water Swimming Conference.  He is a contributing writer to The Science of Swimming and is an adviser to the American Swimming Coaches Association's Journal of Swimming Research.  He wrote a comprehensive tome on open water swimming that will be published in Q1 2012 by Human Kinetics.  He was born and raised in Southern California and currently resides in Huntington Beach, California where he coaches, researches, writes and promotes open water swimming and water polo.


The Open Water Almanac


A FREE Gift to the Open Water Community - Chapters 1 - 40.  The entire collection of hundreds of chapters is available to Open Water Source members.
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