May
01
2009
As I prepare for 10DL in 2010 my training grounds in San Francisco. This panorama in full screen will blow you away. This is the water that I swim and row in every weekend (although Adam is encouraging me to put in more miles on the bike in preparation for our mountain ride). Props to [...]
Tags: open water swimming, panorama, pilot boat, san francisco bay, Training
Dec
25
2008
Wanted to share this presentation with all of you. It is a useful guide to warm and cold open water swimming, written from a medical point of view.
Tags: open water swimming, sports medicine
Dec
14
2008
In mountain climbing the unsung heroes are the sherpas/porters. In open water swimming the unsung heroes are the pilot boats.
Typically I’m a swimmer, and pilot boats protect me. Today I had the opportunity to switch roles. I piloted a swim with 25 swimmers. There were 5 other pilot boats including me.
Role of the pilot [...]
Tags: dolphin club, mountain, open water, open water swimming, photography, pilot boats, Piloting, Reuben, rowboat, sherpa, tidal current, unsung heroes, vantage point, water temp, Whitehall, wooden rowboat
Jul
17
2008
We swam the channel yesterday. Today is a planned day to rest, recoop and reenergize. We still have 200 more miles to bike to get to Paris — which will start day after tomorrow.
Some stats about our swim:
Dover, UK to Calais, France
14 hours 23 minutes
21 miles
Water temp 60F
In terms of nutrition… We [...]
Tags: adam hazlett, business, david whyte, europe, neal mueller, nutrition, open water, open water swimming, swimming, trip report, video
Apr
23
2008
He who wants to find the sea should take a river for his guide.
We are training in the Schuylkill River! We’ve done it 3 of last 4 days. Today we swam for 80 minutes. And after doing those miles we plan to swim more and more. Here’s why we love it…
It’s cold. Cold [...]
Tags: cold, english channel, Fun, open water swimming, philadelphia, schuylkill, swimming, Training, web
Feb
24
2008
In every athletic endeavor that I’ve ever trained for, I’ve always hit that point in training where motivation drops off and every lap or every mile seems like an eternity. You know what I’m talking about, it’s the one where you spend the entire workout thinking “Is this almost over?” This is what [...]
Tags: achievement, goals, open water, open water swimming, swimming, Training, workout