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Author: rokur
rokur
Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT consultant, spare-time swimming aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters and a wife. President of the Faroe Islands Aquatics Federation. Likes to run :-)
“Some in Geneva, Switzerland start the New Year with a swim in freezing Lake Geneva / lac Léman.” http://youtu.be/YCleShI92Uk
Sean Conway describing his swim the length of Britain, from Land’s end to John O’Groats. http://youtu.be/4nVwAvxVeyE
“Crazy c-c-c-c-cold people jumping in the Ottawa River in minus 30 degree Celsius with windchill!” http://youtu.be/KV_80toHO24
“Four times a year, Goldfish Swim School holds Safety Week at all locations. While we always stress the importance and teaching of water safety skills here at Goldfish, during these special four weeks, we pull out all the stops! All classes focus on special safety techniques, like the octopus and sea otter floats, treading water, rolling over, and ‘jump, turn and swim to the wall.” For more information, we encourage you to check out our blog post.” http://youtu.be/KlRpB2xTAdI
“From the BBC programme Faster, Higher, Stronger: Stories of the Olympic Games, a look at some early exponents of the modern freestyle swimming stroke.” http://youtu.be/FiR62H9B4E4
“Mix in a leg pt day with swimming and a vital skill. After this – finish with 1000-1500m of swimming with fins.” http://youtu.be/J2Ta-yqKu3A
“Recruits of Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, learn about basic water survival Jan. 6, 2014, at the recruit training pool on Parris Island, S.C. Water survival qualification, which is a graduation requirement, includes swimming 25 meters, treading water for four minutes, jumping into water from a 10-foot tower and shedding heavy equipment while underwater. Recruits wear utility uniforms, including boots, throughout the evaluation.” http://youtu.be/8uuYDAECrlM
Former Olympic swimmer Mark Foster talks about his new fitness-dance programme Fit Steps, a merge of the London 2012 Olympics and Strictly Come Dancing. http://youtu.be/imlkDQojpBs
In the first part of this two-part interview, Tom Shields talks about his new life as a postgrad swimmer and why he says he’s more nervous about swimming than when he was in high school or when representing Cal-Berkeley. http://youtu.be/UWJk2q6p8D8 In the second part of this two-part interview with Tom Shields, the American record holder relives the experience of the Duel in the Pool http://youtu.be/WOdEUXdWSPg