Daily Archives: January 17, 2021

Lynne Cox - Modern Day Hero — by Shannon Keegan My podcast (which is also published to my YouTube channel): Marathon Swim Stories was recently nominated for World of Open Water Swimming Association Offering of the Year! I recorded 70 interviews between April 2nd and December 22nd, 2020, no doubt buoying me through the turbulent times of the […]

MARATHON SWIM STORIES

January 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Featured by Aqua Master Editor

Al Flores Before & After — by Al My father and mother did a lot together — they both had their gallbladders removed before age 60, got cancer at age 72 (dad had stomach cancer and mom had Lymphoma) and, sadly, died at the same age of 79. Meanwhile, their siblings, on both sides, lived cancer-free […]

Got off Statins, Healed GERD and Returned to his College ...

January 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Health / Human Interest by Alice Zabudsky

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — The year 2020 was not what any of us expected, and although we just hit the reset button, nobody really knows what 2021 will be like. The vaccination campaign, which just started, definitively gives us hope and shows us some light at the end of the tunnel. But it is […]

2021 calls for a different approach to resolutions and goals

January 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Greetings, fellow Masters swimmers!

January 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Coach's Chair / Coaching by Kevin Cleary

Ralph Mohr — I’ve been asked by some OMS swimmers to explain why and how Mingus Park Pool is still open in Coos Bay this winter during Oregon’s COVID-19 epidemic. The first part is easy to explain; it’s an outdoor pool. We’ve used Mingus for practice, lap swimming, high school, and age group, […]

Why Mingus Park Pool in Coos Bay is Still Open ...

January 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Swim Bits by Matt Miller

Swimmer Spotlight – Wes Edwards

January 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Biography / Spotlight by Karen Andrus-Hughes

THE WORLD’S RIVERS

January 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Memories / Special by Joe Oakes

February 2021 A big thank you to Peggy Toole. Her Husband Chris, and I were doing a lot of open water swimming at Hagg Lake and safety was always a concern. Peggy and Chris bought a new kayak so Peggy could paddle and watch over us as we swam. It […]