Open Water Swimming Humour
Marathon swimming legend Kevin Murphy recalls, “On one of my swims, the guy feeding me suggested that I’d been sick so often he should throw my feed straight in the sea and cut out the middleman.”On a more serious note, what is the practical solution that the 34-time English Channel Hall of Famer advocates?
“[Illness] happens. Just carry on swimming and, as soon as you can, take down something to settle the stomach whether it be plain water, weak black tea, tinned peaches or dried fruit.”
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. 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).
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