By my count, there are six organized swims of 25K (15.5 miles) or longer in the United States next year:
- the Tampa Bay Marathon Swim
- the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim
- Swim Across the Sound
- the Ederle Swim
- a new 25K in Pensacola
- and, the various stages of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim.
You can add another to that list. September 8, 2012, Phil White and the Northeast Kingdom O.W.S. Association (the folks behind the Kingdom Swim) will put on a 25-mile swim in Lake Memphremagog between Newport, VT and Magog, Quebec. That's right - you get to swim across an international border. :canada:
For more info, see the official website. The field is limited to 20 swimmers.
As you begin planning for next year, let me also remind you of my U.S. Marathon Swim Calendar, which includes all organized swims of 10K (6 miles) or longer. I've been adding 2012 dates as they become available.
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With a few exceptions, almost every (U.S.) swim you could think of has been done by somebody on the forums.
Edit to add: The 7 new online coaches for 2012 include a long-distance specialist (Mallory Mead), a tri specialist, and a volume specialist. Their workouts will be in the Workouts forum on this site (register with USMS to view).
Sprints and interval work are part of LD training.
Hi Marjorie, I'm new to ows and could use the help re workouts. Could you point me to where you found/find this?
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Sent you a pm.
With a few exceptions, almost every (U.S.) swim you could think of has been done by somebody on the forums.
Edit to add: The 7 new online coaches for 2012 include a long-distance specialist (Mallory Mead), a tri specialist, and a volume specialist. Their workouts will be in the Workouts forum on this site (register with USMS to view).
Sprints and interval work are part of LD training.
Hi Marjorie, I'm new to ows and could use the help re workouts. Could you point me to where you found/find this?
Thanks,
