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How Fast Can You Swim Over Longer Distances?

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Paul Newsome, Swim Smooth
May 06, 2011
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All around the world, long distance open water swimming races are growing in popularity. Swimmers are taking on the challenge of events from 1000m through 5km and 10km, right up to marathon swimming events such as the 34km English Channel and Catalina Channel swims.

Far and away the most popular question we're asked by swimmers training for these long d…

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