Download or read book Marathon Swimming The Sport of the Soul written by Paul Andrew Asmuth and published by Elm Hill. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the plans and dreams of a young swimmer are shattered by the United States’ boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, God opens the door of new opportunities. For Paul Asmuth, then 22, it is the end of an unfulfilled dream, and the beginning of another journey, this one remarkable and life-changing. Plunging into the astounding, grueling, hypnotic, and often oddly beautiful world of international marathon swimming competitions, Asmuth experiences both triumph and tragedy, and, in a process as long and punishing as the marathon swims themselves, slowly discovers the best of himself. If you care for resumes, Asmuth is one of the most successful marathon swimmers in history. In the sapphire seas off Italy, in the frigid lakes of Quebec, Canada, in the marshy back bays of New Jersey, in the questionable waters ringing Manhattan, swimming distances from twenty to forty miles, Asmuth emerged victorious, often to thunderous acclaim. After multiple victories at the twenty-six-mile swim across Quebec’s Lac Memphremagog, up to 20,000 spectators would cheer and call him “le roi” (the king) of their lake. But true victory is not a matter of accolades or medals, and the stories that make a real difference unfold behind the headlines. Overcoming self-doubt, nausea, hypothermia, cruel tides and dark, watery shadows both real and imagined, Asmuth calls upon passion, iron-clad resolve, and steadfast faith to emerge a changed man, attaining success in its truest and most honest form. This success does not end when Asmuth retires from competing. Coming full circle, when he hangs up his swim suit, Paul takes the knowledge, lessons and examples he learned from his own experiences and some of the world’s greatest coaches, and turns to helping others with their swimming dreams. His prayers to give back are answered by coaching opportunities at multiple World Championships and two Olympic Games, where marathon swimming is now a contested event. But this is not just the tale of a swimmer. Like any great story, Paul’s transcends sport. By listening to the voice of faith and not of fear, new dreams are born, and God’s plans are revealed.
Download or read book Marathon Swimming the Sport of the Soul French Language Edition written by Paul Andrew Asmuth and published by ELM Hill. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FRENCH EDITION. When the Olympic dreams of Paul Asmuth are shattered, God opens the door of new opportunities in the sport of marathon swimming. Relying on his passion, faith, and grit for both triumphs and tragedy, this is a story that transcends sport.
Download or read book Marathon Swimming The Sport of the Soul La nage en eau libre French Language Edition written by Paul Andrew Asmuth and published by Elm Hill. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FRENCH EDITION.
Download or read book Immersion written by Karen Throsby and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immersion is about the extreme sport of marathon swimming. Drawing on extensive (auto)ethnographic data, Immersion explores the embodied and social processes of becoming a marathon swimmer and investigates how social belonging is produced and policed. Using marathon swimming as a lens, this foundation provides the basis for an exploration of what constitutes the 'good' body in contemporary neoliberal society across a range of sites including charitable swimming, fatness, gender and health. The book argues that the self-representations of marathon swimming are at odds with its lived realities, and that this reflects the entrenched and limited discursive resources available for thinking about the sporting body in the wider social and cultural context. The book is aimed primarily at readers at undergraduate level and upwards with an interest in sociology, the sociology of the body, the sociology of sport, gender and the sociology of health and illness.
Download or read book Hardships of a Marathonswimmer written by Monique Blok Wildschut and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a top swimmer in the open water is not easy. A marathon swim in a lake, river or sea takes many boring hours and requires a lot of mental strength. We swim in the professional circuit (WPMSA), but outside the official international swimming federation FINA. Familiarity and recognition is therefore very difficult. Why then continue for seven years in that circuit? And how exciting is it to swim across The English Channel! In my career I was six times World Champion, traveled all over the world to swim competitions. Every time with a coach at my side who is indispensable in top sport. Every marathon is an adventure. Sometimes with beautiful victories, sometimes with bitter abandonment. Sometimes in a wild sea, the other time in a calm, boring, long stretched lake. Then comes the moment of retiring. This period has a huge impact on my future life. Read it in 'Hardship of a marathon swimmer' Monique Blok-Wildschut (1963) is a six-time World Champion in marathon swimming. From a young age she trained hard and lived for swimming, adventure and traveling. In her career in the professional circuit she traveled across the world to gain points. The life of a marathon swimmer was heavy but also free and varied. This has shaped her mentally. In her current work she still seeks variety and wants to achieve the best for her clients. Freedom and passion are a common theme throughout her life. She helps people with a blockade to listen and communicate through the Tomatis Method. Her newest challenge is to help top athletes who are blocked mentally to break through and get to their top. With this she can unite her two worlds, the sport and therapy. This completes the circle. Swimming the English Channel: 'I can start at twelve o'clock. Pitch dark. A green luminous stick, as a search point, is attached to my swimsuit. The water temperature is a degree or sixy Fahrenheit. From Dover Beach I walk into the water and swim as quickly as possible to the spotlight of the fishing cutter. I have never swam in the dark before. It is actually quite scary, outside the spotlight I do not have any reference point. And then swim. The light seems to be in my eyes all the time. I see nothing. I am afraid I would die when I am outside of that beam and end up in the big black sea. At a certain moment I see that the moon is shining. It is full moon and it feels like I have company, a kind of buddy. I like it and say hello to the moon. The moon moves. In the beginning it is small, clear and behind me, after about five hours big yellow and in front of me. It gives me the idea that I swim from one point to another. A reference, how important is that I realize. The waves are still brutal, choppy. The pointy waves let me roll up and down quickly. I get sick of it. Do not complain, I say to myself, just swimming, we have not paid all that money for nothing and this is now my chance to put myself on the map. The seasickness may soon become less. It stayed that way. The skipper and my father have a solution. I have to swim on the other side of the boat. The waves are coming from my side. If I go swimming on the other side, the boat can break the worst buds. The problem is that I can only breathe on the left side....
Download or read book Ultra Swimming written by Claudia Manley and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2001-12-15 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces ultra or long-distance swimming, exploring such key elements as training, safety, gear, and competition and profiling ultra swimmers, past and present.
Download or read book Immersion written by Karen Throsby and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immersion is about the extreme sport of marathon swimming. Drawing on extensive (auto)ethnographic data, 'Immersion' explores the embodied and social processes of becoming a marathon swimmer and investigates how social belonging is produced and policed. Using marathon swimming as a lens, this foundation provides the basis for an exploration of what constitutes the 'good' body in contemporary neoliberal society across a range of sites including charitable swimming, fatness, gender and health.
Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Feminism and Sport Leisure and Physical Education written by Louise Mansfield and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides an original, comprehensive and unparalleled overview of feminist scholarship in sport, leisure and physical education. It captures the complexities of past, current and future developments in feminism while highlighting its theoretical, methodological and empirical applications. It also critically engages with policy and practice issues for women and girls taking part in sport and leisure pursuits and in physical education provision. The Palgrave Handbook of Feminism and Sport, Leisure and Physical Education is international in scope and includes the work of established and emerging feminist scholars. It will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, gender studies, sport sciences, and sports business and management.
Download or read book Just Try One More written by Penny Lee Dean and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an autobiography of the challenging life of open water swimming champion, Penny Lee Dean. From ages two to twenty-four, she overcame physical, family, and life adversities to go forth and conquer the Catalina and English Channels. Behind the swimming story was a deep struggle of the relationship with her mother. The intensity of this relationship is part of what drove Penny to achieve her goals. Early in her life, Penny discovered that she had a talent and passion for open water swimming. After a setback when she was ten years old, she set her sights on the Olympics of open water swimming--the English Channel. After college, she traveled to Europe on a Watson scholarship that allowed her to study with the national teams in nine countries and train for her attempt to break the record for the English Channel. Part of the reason Penny wrote this book was the hope that she could help others tackle any of their life challenges and realize their own dreams.
Download or read book Water Yoga written by Christa Fairbrother and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *WINNER OF THE NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS* Catering towards those who have often been excluded from the traditional yoga mat, this practical guide provides yoga teachers, yoga therapists, and rehab professionals with the skills needed to safely and effectively deliver accessible water yoga sessions. Poses, breathing techniques, floating meditation, safety, and yoga philosophy are all discussed in depth to convey how aqua yoga can improve health, wellbeing, and mind/body discipline Water Yoga is especially suitable for those with conditions such as arthritis, osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis, joint replacements, and for those who are pregnant. The book combines water science with yoga systems to teach the eight limbs of water yoga and includes black and white photographs to clearly demonstrate poses in the water. It also includes helpful information about teaching skills specific to pool settings.
Download or read book Wind Waves and Sunburn written by Conrad A. Wennerberg and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring history of marathon swimming, of interest to all endurance athletes.
Download or read book Find a Way written by Diana Nyad and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW THE NETFLIX FILM NYAD, STARRING ANNETTE BENING AND JODIE FOSTER Hillary Clinton said that Find a Way would stay with her through the general election: “When you’re facing big challenges in your life, you can think about Diana Nyad getting attacked by the lethal sting of box jellyfishes. And nearly anything else seems doable in comparison.” When Diana Nyad arrived on the shore of Key West after fifty-three hours of grueling swimming across an epic ocean, she not only set a world record—becoming the first person to swim the shark-infested waters between Cuba and Florida with no cage for protection—she also succeeded in fulfilling a dream she first chased at age twenty-eight and at long last achieved when she was sixty-four. Now, in a riveting memoir, Diana shares a spirited account of what it takes to face one’s fears, engage one’s passions, and never ever give up. For no matter what life may throw at you, or how many times you may have experienced defeat, it is always possible—as long as you commit to living life to the nth degree, no regrets—to “find a way."
Download or read book The Running Soul written by Parul Sheth and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the story of Parul Sheth who started running and used it as a way to getting her life back on track. It is the story of a broken woman who, thanks to running, was able to cope with her trauma and evolve into a strong person. Parul's story, will resonate with a lot of us. We all have our own personal hell from which we are trying to escape. It is for the sari clad lady who dreams to run in track pants on Marine Drive, for the alcoholic who is trying to quit and adopt a healthier lifestyle. For the woman who is trapped in her roles, but wants to break free and find herself, as well the workaholic executive who thinks he cannot follow his passion due to lack of time. The road is perilous but with sheer tenacity we can learn to enjoy the journey. Each hill we climb is making us stronger, taking us higher. With this story I hope to inspire the non runner to start running, the half marathoner to dream bigger and realise that even the impossible is possible, and the marathoner to push his own perceived limits and aim for the much desired personal best. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Paul Sheth is an architect who has been running since the last 10 years, completing 3 full marathons and several half marathons. She started running to migigate the pain from her personal life and discovered that as she grew as a runner, she also grew as a person. It taught her to smile again. Over the last 10 years, she has brought up 2 teenagers as a single parent, worked as an architect designing restaurants, and developed a whole new life thanks to running.
Download or read book A History of Marathon Swimming written by Joe Grossman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Matthew Webb to Gertrude Ederle, from Wrigley's Catalina to Juan de Fuca, from Billy Butlin's English Channel races to the Canadian Expo, Joe Grossman has captured the history of marathon swimming. Joe's incredible research and interviews provide us with a glimpse into the minds of swimmers who accomplished incredible things, before the advent of GPS or the Internet. The stories of sheer determination and first hand accounts of incredible swims are amazing to read--a book about heroes and athletes that you won't be able to put down.
Download or read book Soul Is Waterproof written by Matthew Moseley and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew Moseley has a passion for long-distance swims in sometimes treacherous waters. In the early morning darkness of June 27, 2021, he wades into the Green River and begins the first-ever 52-mile swim where its waters meet those of the Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park. Stroke by stroke, Moseley invites you on his journey, as he encounters expected and unexpected adventures along the way. He shares his unique connection to the rivers, lakes, and oceans he swims and the historical and literary luminaries who deepened his appreciation of life in, on, and around water. Facing his greatest test of endurance yet, he also confronts the harsh new reality of the climate crisis in the American West. As we follow Moseley on swimming adventures around the world-from New Orleans, the Caribbean, Costa Rica, the Colorado River, the Sea of Galilee, and points between-he becomes an Ambassador for Water, passing along essential lessons about adaptability and durability. He shows us why water-either too little or too much-will be the defining issue of our times. His account is a meditation on, a celebration of, and a love story with Earth's life-giving resource. Reading Soul is Waterproof is like being on Moseley's support boat as stories and characters unfold around every bend. Put your life vest on and buckle up. What people are saying: "One of the world's most accomplished open water swimmers." Outdoor Swimmer magazine "Matthew seamlessly connects incongruent topics - unprecedented swimming adventures down rivers, across lakes, and in turbulent seas with historical facts and profound literary passages. His experiences point out mankind's need to adapt and survive in a world that increasingly has either too much or too little water in too many places. His voice rings loudly to those who listen, but his message is also a prophetic warning to those who may not." Steven Munatones, Founder, World Open Water Swimming Association "A spectacular effort and outstanding story interweaving Matt's swims with the challenges of the rivers everywhere." PLACE HOLDER Tom Kiernan, Executive Director, American Rivers "Humble and fascinating. I love the way Moseley connects with water and music through his amazing swims. Through his adventures and weaving of history, he develops a unique spiritual relationship with the bodies of water he swims in. If you love water the way we do, you'll love this book. If not. Prepare to be converted." Ram Barkai, Founder and Chair, International Ice Swimming Association; Author of From Fire to Ice
Download or read book Oceans Seven written by Martin Schauhuber and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you had to swim through hell seven times, wouldn't you try to get it done quickly? Attila Mányoki made it his life's mission to complete the Oceans Seven - and break the world record while doing so. This crowning jewel of marathon swimming comprises seven of the most dangerous channels in the world, tormenting swimmers who dare to cross them with freezing water, deadly wildlife, and massive waves. In this book, Mányoki takes you on his journey from his beginnings as a short kid with asthma through decades of painful struggles and unlikely successes, all the way to a night spent on life support. He relives the day a Greek stranger gave him the most valuable of life lessons, explains his secrets to enduring excruciating pain and opens up on how he faced the sea that had almost killed him for one final showdown.
Download or read book Smart Marathon Training written by Jeff Horowitz and published by VeloPress. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old-school marathon training plans ask runners to crank out 70 to 100 miles a week. It's no wonder those who make it to the start line are running ragged. Smart Marathon Training maps out a healthier, more economical approach to training that emphasizes quality over quantity. With more than 75 detailed exercises plus six easy-to-follow training plans for half and full marathons, Smart Marathon Training will get you to the starting line feeling refreshed and ready to run your best race yet. This innovative program eliminates junk miles, paring down training to three essential runs per week and adding a dynamic strength and cross-training program to build overall fitness. Runners will train for their best performance in less time and avoid the injuries, overtraining, and burnout that come from running too much. Smart Marathon Training builds up a runner's body to resist injury. Runners gain the strength they need to run long using functional exercises that target the hips, glutes, and quads. Running is a full-body sport, so this training program also builds a strong core and upper body to avoid injuries that begin above the waist. No one fakes a marathon or half-marathon--everyone has to do the work. But Smart Marathon Training replaces long, grinding miles with low-impact cross-training. Horowitz outlines a cycling plan to complement run workouts, boosting base fitness while saving runners' bodies for their best runs.
