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[B]Swimmathon Goa 2015 - Adventures in the Sea [/B] Completed 5KM Sea Swimming in 2 Hrs 15 minutes with Swimlife Friends on Feb 22, 2015 The swim course was 2.5 km into the sea perpendicular to the shore and return back. One of the exhilarating swim experience when you swim alone in unknown ...

[B]Fitness # 1 [/B] We can do swimming, running and other type of exercises to get fitness. To do these activities, we have to build strength in the body. Swimmers require strong palms. Without which catching and pulling the water with force is not possible. One litter of water is equivalent to 1 ...

[B][B]Speech by Bob Bowman[/B][/B] Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian in the history of Olympics. Bob Bowman is his coach. The person who helped Phelps to reach where he is now. Below is his speech (Bob Bowman) on “What are the characteristics of champions?” - a very inspiring speech. The ...

After Swim..

[B][B]24th Jan 2015 [/B][/B] As planned, we reached Srirangapatna on Friday evening and stayed in a lodge/resort (Young World). Got up early in the morning and headed towards Thonnur. Except for coffee and few bananas, we did not eat anything. Idea of getting motor boat did not workout. None was ...

22 Jan 2015 [B][B]Next Outdoor exercise – Again at Lake Thonnur [/B][/B] Channel Swimming Association ([URL]http://www.channelswimmingassociation.com/[/URL]) mandates that we get certified from a coach that we have swum 2 hours nonstop in cold water. This is honor system. Non one can prevent anyone f ...

dbs,

It is most probably the salt water and salt getting crystalized once we were on the deck facing hot sun causing irritation to the skin.

May be next time we will know the cause better.

Thanks
Rajan

Dicky_Bird, I do not believe any of us were scared. Because scare takes the mind away from the core activity and leads to failure also to panic. There are lot of things we need to be paying attention to such as direction/orientation and location of the boat and instructions and keep the sanctity of ...

gotskiz I did read about Bhakti Sharma. Accomplishment of this young lady is incredible. I just can’t imagine what 1 degree ice water can and will do to the body! All energy in the body has to overwork to generate heat to keep the body temperature at normal levels. Where was the energy left to swim? ...