Gordon Gridley Sticks It Out In Great Salt Lake
Race director Gordon Gridley from Utah set another record in his favorite local lake. In a build-up to his upcoming English Channel attempt, Gridley swam 21.7 miles in the Great Salt Lake in Utah in 10 hours 59 minutes.With the salt content high ravaging his body and tongue, together with water temperatures varying between 56-60°F, it was a great opportunity for Gordon to experience much of what channel swimmers go through. The co-race director of the Great Salt Lake Open Water Swimming Marathon with Joshua Green understands logistics and operations – as shown by his detailed log here maintained by his two sons. It provides in a timely manner a great overview of the longest, fastest marathon swim in Great Salt Lake history.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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