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MIMS 2012 – Part 2 – Race day
Part 1 - Saturday indeed broke more bearable, with temperatures in the high twenties with an almost cloudless sky and no forecast of rain or thunderstorms. I’d brought my bag of oatmeal for porridge...
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MIMS 2012 – Part 3 – The start and the first hour
Part 1 Part 2 And then it was 10:22 a.m. and Go-time. Through sheer laziness, rather than Machiavellian scheming I’d underestimated my 1500m time in the application process (not the first time I’ve...
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MIMS 2012 – Part 4 – The East and Harlem Rivers
Swimming past the Empire State Building MIMS 2012 – Part 1 – Three Rivers (loneswimmer.com) MIMS 2012 – Part 2 – Race Day (loneswimmer.com) MIMS 2012 – Part 3 – The start and the first hour...
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MIMS 2012 – Part 5 – Hudson River and Finish
MIMS 2012 – Part 1 – Three Rivers (loneswimmer.com) MIMS 2012 – Part 2 – Race Day (loneswimmer.com) MIMS 2012 – Part 3 – The start and the first hour (loneswimmer.com) MIMS 2012 – Part 4 – The East...
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HOWTO: Advice from MIMS 2012 for future applicants and swimmers
MIMS 2012 – Part 1 – Three Rivers (loneswimmer.com) MIMS 2012 – Part 2 – Race Day (loneswimmer.com) MIMS 2012 – Part 3 – The start and the first hour (loneswimmer.com) MIMS 2012 – Part 4 – The East...
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MIMS 2013 – Part 1 – An outsider’s opinion – Introduction
Very occasionally there are posts I don’t want to write. This is one of those posts/series. These posts include details that I would want to know if I was a prospective MIMS swimmer. I know that some...
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MIMS 2013 – Part 2 – An outsider’s opinion – Start timing & boat availability
Part 1. – An outsider’s opinion – Introduction Critical Start Timing and Boat Availability Timing is critical for MIMS as swimmers and applicants are essentially told, as a MIMS Selection Committee...
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MIMS 2013 – Part 3 – Water contamination and shared boats
Part 1. Introduction Part 2. Start Timing & boat availability In Part Two, I raised a question, a question that over-shadows much of the discussion of the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim and so...
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MIMS 2013 – Part 4 – An outsider’s opinion – Swimmer control and some...
Part 1. Introduction Part 2. Opening Opinion Part 3. Start timing and boat availability In Parts Two and Three, I raised a question, a question that overshadows much of the discussion of the Manhattan...
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MIMS 2013 – Part 5 – Conclusion and Recommendations
Once I finally decided to go ahead with this series of posts, I decided to hold wait until the “Quiet MIMS” swim of Saturday the 24th of August was finished, as I did not want it to in any way...
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