malinaka
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- malinaka
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- Seattle, WA
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- Andrew Malinak
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While I am flattered to be recognized for my efforts, I'd like to be sure that the efforts of the other nominees do not go unheeded. I had a difficult time selecting between two different nominees this year, wholly because of the inspiration and gui…
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Some anecdotes on this subject that may or may not have any sciencey logic to them: Long ago, when I was both training a lot and on a low-carb diet (stifle those laughs!), I found my first practice of the week went fine, halfway through the second …
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Out of curiosity, what swim @sam?
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All you really need is that boat and one could swim anywhere. Oh, that boat!
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The date has been set as Friday, 8 June 2018. Liz Rosen will be our race director again. Registration will begin mid to late January. We're hoping to get online registration and payment up and running before then. Stay tuned for details.
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A Seattle swimmer (not me, and not on the forum) is thinking about a swim or two in her home state of MI next summer and will be looking for an observer and possibly some support. She'd be glad top hear there are some willing people in the area.
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We'll have a firm date in November, but if someone wanted to pencil in a place on their calendar, maybe they would circle the second Friday in June.
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Melissa Blaustein, of the South End Rowing Club, completed a crossing of the Strait of Juan de Fuca in 7:41. She had beautiful conditions, which included very light winds, sun, and water temps in the typical range of 47-51F. This was NOWSA's first …
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Donal doesn't have an NPR fund drive where he's from, but just pretend Ari Shapiro, Terry Gross, and Peter Sagal all telling you the fastest way to get back to your regular programming.
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I could watch that beautiful sailboat all day long.
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What's the history of this swim? Looks very fun.
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No whales. But our local hero West Seattle Blog did make it down to the lighthouse, and took a few wonderful photos of the finish. This is such a lovely swim.
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Tomorrow: we have a pair of swimmers set to take on the Amy Hiland swim. Jerome Leslie and Lauren Boilini are both local to Seattle, they'll be finishing the swim at the lighthouse just 1k down the beach from our regular training spot. This will be …
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@Karl_Kingery is swimming to Canada tomorrow. 8:15 start. Karl picked his own route and his own tide, and it looks like a good one. The wind could make the second half of the swim a bit bumpy. track.rs/nowsa/
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Officially, summer in Seattle starts on July 5th - but we're ignoring that and starting a few days early this year. On Saturday, Melissa Blaustein, San Franciscan, South Ender, Amy Hiland enthusiast, will kick off our salt water season with the Amy…
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Last two. 9 swimmers completed an un-asterisked 8 Bridges, bringing the total to 15 in the events history. I'm no longer the only male.
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In brief, the swim reports will be predominantly based around the following highlights: Somewhere before Hell Gate we were notified of an event called "Jet Ski Invasion" taking place later in the day. NYPD, Launch 5, Agent Orange, the rest of the …
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Stage 6 with another perfect score, 21/21. 80% of successful swims took place in the last three years - this event feels much older than it is sometimes.
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Last year, 2 of 15 got past the Beast. This year, 13 of 15. Including all seven 7-stage swimmers. If one ever needs to feel invincible, a dot on this graph as stage 5 of 7 is a good way do it.
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Stage 3 was a tad faster than average. The 100% success rate for this stage with 73 swims to date. Stage 4 was slightly slower this year, with Harry and Steve setting the two slowest times for the stage, but they won an asterisk-free day. This thi…
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You've got time. July is a long way off.
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With a historic success rate of 50/50, this year's Stage 2 beat the odds with 65% completion.
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Two very stubborn swimmers dragged the curve way to the right this year after fighting the current for a few hours. Nice work!
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Results from the day: 5:58 - Sarah Thomas @ssthomas (new course record) 7:36 - Elaine Howley @emkhowley (new course record if you don't count Sarah) 8:12 - David Connors @dc_in_sf 8:23 - Mark Miller 8:39 - Jaimie Monahan @jaimie 10:03 - Ranie …
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Perhaps against good judgement, I went to the beach last week during Seattle's annual thunderstorm and swam. We were between squalls when I got in, but shortly after I did, another front moved over and I got to watch the bottom light up a few times …
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It better! I promised everyone 64.
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If by winter you mean endless grey and just a bit above freezing, then let me tell you about a place that has all the salt-water coastline you could want complete with whales and big ships, plus a few tasty lakes in the 10 to 18 mile range that get …
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If you don't like following seas, try fallowing seas.
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Assuming you aren't including training in this timeline, I like to give myself at least 3 months to pull a plan together if I think I already know how all the pieces fit. 4 months if I don't.