Category: Fun
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English sea swimmer finds bathing water as warm as Caribbean near Shoreham
John Kapp claims to have found a little piece of the Caribbean off the Sussex coast, about the size of a football pitch and above a foot deep, where he has been swimming for up to three-quarters of an hour in just his swimming trunks in what should be icy waters. He says the water…
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Polar Plunge raises $6,100+ for Special Olympics
Saturday January 21, 2012, the 2nd Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge raised a bit more than $6,100 in pledged donations to the Michigan Special Olympics, when 60 people jumped through a big hole in the ice on Goguac Lake. Air temperature 20ºF (-6.7CºC)), water temperature a bit ‘warmer’ 30ºF (-1.1ºC). See BattleCreekEnquirer.com.
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60-year-old Blomquist logged over 500 miles in 2011
It had been 38 years since Nancy Blomquist had swum a single stroke when she picked it up again in 2007, and she couldn’t even swim one length when she started. She had always lived an active lifestyle but didn’t pick up swimming until she was almost forced to four years ago. A knee injury…
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Lance Armstrong 5:08.11 in the 500 yard freestyle yesterday
Longhorn Aquatics was hosting its New Year’s Classic, and Lance Armstrong decided to drop by. The seven-time Tour de France champ finished 7th in his heat and 21st overall, clocking a time of 5:08.11, in what he on Twitter said was his first race in 25 years. Read and watch YNN. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/lancearmstrong/status/160842882511667200″] [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/lancearmstrong/status/161110102735196161″]
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Why you shouldn’t swim with Candace Bailey
Because she pees in it, that’s why. See g4tv.com Video Games – E3 2012 – Comedy
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CC photo #22: Pál and Eyðbjørn ready for the Jóansøku 2010 lake swim
Pál Joensen and Eyðbjørn Joensen ready for the Jóansøku 2010 open water swim in Vági, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. Eyðbjørn with the thumbs up has opted for the insulated solution, while Pál opted for the really fast (and cold) Jaked ‘supersuit’ solution.
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Swim Slow – Marta Hugon TV special
Nice song, I think by Portuguese singer here Marta Hugon. Bruno Pedroso on drums, Filipe Melo on piano, Mário Delgado on guitar and Nelson Cascais on double bass. Swim Slow – Especial TV Marta Hugon from Nuno Neves on Vimeo.
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3rd annual underwater world checkers tournament held in Janeda, Estonia
On Sunday January 15th, 42 divers from all parts of Estonia gathered for the 3rd annual ‘world’ underwater checkers championships. Players have six minutes per game, the checker pieces are made of lead, and last year they broke the Guinness world record with 55 contestants playing checkers underwater at the same time. Read NTN24
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Received a nice email from London this morning
Thanks John Tierney, for starting my day out on a positive note ! Here below is a Happy Christmas / Serpentine Swim Celebration song featuring John and two others from the Serpentine Swimming Club. You know, if we added a bass (/me) to that trio, it could be a proper barbershop quartet ! :-)