Little Sleep B4 Big Water

by | 17 Jun, 2012

It was not my idea of a good night rest before a race… In the small hillside city of Kaş everything echoes off the mountain. We headed to bed at 10 but the city had a concert on the harbor until midnight with fireworks. It might as well have on the terrace above...

Considerations For A Long OW Swim

by | 16 Jun, 2012

From left- Serdar, myself, and Baha, on our first evening, as we return from a training swim at a beach only accessible by boat taxi. The 7.1 km (or so, with currents and navigation) swim is tomorrow! Baha was not able to get a spot in the race on the registration...

Practice IS Pleasure

by | 14 Jun, 2012

Sitting at lunch today, on our first day of our swim camp in Kaş, while processing the potential of our training process this came out: “Some make the achievment of the goal their only source of pleasure. Practice for them is a mechanical means of getting to...

Measuring Quality in Open-Water

by | 12 May, 2012

In rock climbing, when trying to climb a route ‘clean’ (no falls, no hanging on the rope) the artist has no room for mistakes. A mis-step, a mis-catch causes a fall and the climber is obligated to start over. The whole climb has to be executed without a...

Race-Crashing

by | 5 May, 2012

I had some spontaneous fun today… I snuck into the 1500 meter swim portion of the Antalya Olympic-distance triathlon today! Something I don’t think I could ever get away with back in my homeland. I came down to meet up with some new Antalya swimmer friends...

Wetsuit, Waves, and Balance

by | 12 Apr, 2012

A few observations to share from my swim in the sea today, wearing my sleeveless, short-legged wetsuit. I went west along the shore for about 31 minutes, into a wind-driven current, with 50 cm swells and wind chop hitting me from 10 o’clock (to my side and...
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