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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.usms.org/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>New OW swim in the National Capital Region</title><link>https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/open-water-training-and-technique/25598/new-ow-swim-in-the-national-capital-region</link><description>The Choptank River Swim is a new OW swim in the Northern VA/MD/DC area. It&amp;#39;s a 1.6 or 3.6 mile swim. Here&amp;#39;s the website for more info:
 www.tricolumbia.org/.../ 

If you are from or live close to the DC area, take a look at my calendar of OW swims</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: New OW swim in the National Capital Region</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/271747?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:24:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:08bccd9d-a9e6-4547-9a72-2eb0fdfbdd55</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Perhaps they are getting some outside help and may pull through.
&lt;a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2014/03/06/tricolumbia-races-will-continue-as.html"&gt;www.bizjournals.com/.../tricolumbia-races-will-continue-as.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: New OW swim in the National Capital Region</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/271744?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2014 01:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:16e80eb3-b631-40a2-985b-e471c408b744</guid><dc:creator>Kevin in MD</dc:creator><description>The Choptank River Swim is a new OW swim in the Northern VA/MD/DC area. It&amp;#39;s a 1.6 or 3.6 mile swim.

Things don&amp;#39;t look good for any events put on by tricolumbia, sad to say.

&lt;a href="http://www.slowtwitch.com/News/TriColumbia_on_the_Brink_4206.html"&gt;www.slowtwitch.com/.../TriColumbia_on_the_Brink_4206.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: New OW swim in the National Capital Region</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/271740?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2014 08:27:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:5b1d0833-eb9b-404b-b6ca-aeccd775014b</guid><dc:creator>flystorms</dc:creator><description>Very cool.  I wish I could do better in colder water.  I&amp;#39;m a big wuss.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: New OW swim in the National Capital Region</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/271696?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 14:14:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:7785a292-9d8b-4f26-b5e7-a83cf0f55f19</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>The Choptank River Swim is a new OW swim in the Northern VA/MD/DC area. It&amp;#39;s a 1.6 or 3.6 mile swim. Here&amp;#39;s the website for more info:
&lt;a href="http://www.tricolumbia.org/events/?eid=32"&gt;www.tricolumbia.org/.../&lt;/a&gt;

If you are from or live close to the DC area, take a look at my calendar of OW swims in this area. If you know of some that I don&amp;#39;t have listed, please let me know:

&lt;a href="http://www.marathonswimmers.org/resources/swims/northern-virginia-washington-dc-open-water/"&gt;www.marathonswimmers.org/.../&lt;/a&gt;



This his race has been around for a while. I did it back in 1995. The swim started after all of the Columbia 70.3 waves went off. Lots of elbows thrown in that swim along with some rough water that year.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>