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Our Open Water Boot Camp offers comprehensive, training sessions tailored to meet your needs. Qualifying swims for the English Channel or Manhattan are possible in Florida during the winter. Temperatures at Clearwater Beach in January and February usually hover around 60F, so we can help you train for cold water swimming or we can help you do a qualifying swim for the English Channel or Manhattan. Our warm summer waters are great for open water training with a concentration on technique, navigation, and training drills. Private training sessions last 4 to 8 hours. Price: $30/hr - Group sessions are also available. Call or Email to reserve your date.
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September, 2004 - English Channel Swim News Report
Latest News From The 24 Mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim:
The Fourteenth Annual 24 Mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2011. This race is sanctioned by Florida LMSC for USMS Inc., Sanction #141-004ow, and current USMS (United States Masters Swimming) Long Distance Swimming rules govern this swim.
Here are the 19 solo swimmers and the 32 relay swimmers who have entered the 2011 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim:
SOLO SWIMMERS This 24 mile ultra-distance marathon swim race starts at the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and ends on the Courtney Campbell Causeway in Tampa in a race that covers the entire length of Tampa Bay. The event is held each year to celebrate Earth Day and the revitalization of Florida's largest estuary and is the longest race that is sanctioned by United States Masters Swimming. For more information, contact: |
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Special thanks to our sponsor and host hotel! Come see the swimmers at our safety meeting on Friday evening, early Saturday morning for the start, and late Saturday evening at the Nepa Hut for the final results and victory celebration. Go There Now >>>
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Date: June 4, 2011 : Race Start Time: 7:30 Location: Pier 60, Clearwater Beach, Florida
AT5K Course: Swim 1k / Run 4k
AT10K Course: Swim 2k / Run 8k
AT 13U: Swim 100 yards / Run 400 yards
The swim race course will run parallel to the beach on the north side of Pier 60, in the beautiful Gulf of Mexico. The water temperature should be about 84F. Athletes will be assigned a start time determined by age group and gender. Start times will be posted at packet pick-up. The will be on the hard-packed sands of Clearwater Beach.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN for all AquaTerra events, including all eight regional events along with the 13.1 and 26.2 distances at the championship event in October.
About AquaTerra Racing
AquaTerra has adopted the four most popular running distances as our overall distances: 5K, 10K, Half Marathon/13.1miles and Marathon/26.2 miles. With an emphasis on an even playing field for both swimmers and runners, the AQUATERRA Formula is a 1:4 ratio Swim to Run. The world record in the short course 1500 meter freestyle (swim) is 14:10. The world record in the indoor 1500 meter run is3:31. At their fastest, the runner would cover four times the distance of the swimmer in the same amount of time. By applying the AquaTerra Formula, the four Official AquaTerra Distances are the following: AT5K: Swim 1K/Run 4K; AT10K: Swim 2K/Run 8K; AT13.1Half Marathon: Swim 2.6 miles/ Run10.5 miles; AT26.2Marathon: Swim 5.2 miles/ Run 21 miles
The AquaTerra Racing Series
Australia Gold Coast: April 17, 2011
San Diego: May 7, 2011
Clearwater: June 4, 2011
Sausalito: May 22, 2011
Monterey: July 9, 2011
Seattle: August 6, 2011
Portland: August 14, 2011
Canada Vancouver BC: August 20, 2011
Championship: San Francisco: October 27,28,29,30, 2011
The AquaTerra Championships will be held in San Francisco for this one of a kind event. While most participating athletes will be vying for specific race honors, a few will be competing for the coveted "Ultima" title. The championship venue will be an annual event in San Francisco CA and feature the 5k and 10k distances, plus the 13.1/Half Marathon and 26.2 Marathon distances. The AquaTerra Ultima, would be one of the great accomplishments in sport! For more information about the AquaTerra racing series, visit www.AquaTerraRacing.com
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For more information, contact:
The AquaTerra Clearwater
Distance Matters, Inc.
Ron Collins, Race Director
PO Box 18004
Clearwater, FL 33762-9998
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Press
Clearwater man makes a rare try for the triple crown of open water swimming - by Terry Tomalin of The St. Petersburg Times on September 2, 2010 Danger Always Lurks In The Ocean - by Steven Munatones of Daily News of Open Water Swimming on September 2, 2010 Catalina Channel relay swimmers launch a chilling first-time challenge - by Baxter Holmes of The Los Angeles Times Ron Collins' Catalina Attempt - video by Lynn Kubasek on September 1-2, 2010 |
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Swimming Everest - by Terry Tomalin of the St. Petersburg Times
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This race took place only 9 months after 9.11.01 and the 28 Mile Manhattan Island Marathon Swim starts and finishes near Ground Zero. The circumnavigation of the island of Manhattan took about 8 hours to swim, but all thoughts were still on the tragic events that took place nearby. MORE>>>
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