Scott Ragsdale Experiencing Euphoric Misery
On Scott Ragsdale‘s corporate website, he states, “The man at the top of the mountain did not fall there.” After his successful crossing of the English Channel, we can also extrapolate his mountaineering observation to the open water world, “The marathon swimmer on the other side of the channel did not ferry over there.”
But the multi-cultural, multi-lingual endurance athlete from Nebraska who now lives in Dubai and who has traveled to more than 90 countries has really stepped up his mantra and goal of euphoric misery this week.
He is on his 7th full Ironman triathlon done in 7 consecutive days. His naseba seven endurance challenge must be, indeed, a mixture of euphoria and misery. Before he completed his 14 hour 11 minute English Channel swim, he said, “I want to experience the cold, pain, and suffering and see if I am mentally and physically strong enough to make this happen.”
He did and he was.
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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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