Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the more impressive swimmers at this year's 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim is 63-year-old Jamie Tout. In Stage 1, the 10-time Manhattan Island Marathon Swim finisher completed the 18.3-mile (29.4 km) course in 5 hours 39 minutes. The next day on the Stage 2, he tried to tackle the 19.8-mile (31.8 km)
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Over the Stage 4, Cheryl Reinke set a new course record in 4 seconds with a 4 hour 10 minute victory. Reinke [shown above] extended her overall lead to 23 minutes over Paige Christie with an impressive record-setting 15.2-mile swim between the Newburgh Beacon Bridge and the Bear Mountain Bridge in the 8
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Unlike Stage 2 when most of the swimmers failed to finish due to turbulence due to winds and a strong flood current, all 17 swimmers completed the Stage 3 in The Hudson Valley from the Mid-Hudson Bridge to the Newburgh Beacon Bridge. Rondi Davies reported, "It was another windy day with head winds of
Photos courtesy of Bailey Photography. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 26-year-old Elena Pavlova of Brooklyn, New York completed the 18.3-mile (29.4 km) Stage 1 leg of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim. But her roots back in swimming started when she first learn to swim at the age of 10 in a local river near her home in
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The ongoing 2016 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim neck-and-neck battle between Paige Christie and Cheryl Reinke where only 20 seconds separates the leaders after 38.1 miles (61.2 km) reminds us of the famous 120-mile (193 km) race between Rondi Davies and Grace van der Byl in the 2012 event. It was a classic
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mother Nature had her way in today's Stage 2 during the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim between the Kingston Rhinecliff Bridge and the Mid-Hudson Bridge. Rondi Davies reported on the conditions of the world's longest competitive open water swim. "Today we had a strong headwind that created large swells and
Results courtesy of Rondi Davies, New York Open Water. The world's longest competitive open water swimming competition began today. Race directors David Barra and Rondi Davies, in collaboration New York Open Water, provided the following results from Day One of the 6th annual 7-day, 7-stage 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim. 17 swimmers traversed 18.3 miles
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Race directors David Barra and Rondi Davies, in collaboration New York Open Water, will present the longest swimming race in the world between June 26th through July 3: the 6th annual 7-day, 7-stage 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim. As Barra is fond of saying, "Anything worth doing is worth overdoing." From
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Donal Buckley, an Irish channel swimmer, wrote in Lone Swimmer, "...Cork Distance Week is a combination of mass delusion and fringe cult for marathon swimmers. It's often called the toughest week of open water swimming in the world." The Cork Distance Week is a marathon swimming preparation camp designed by
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The fourth annual 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim took place between June 18th - 25th under the direction of David Barra and Rondi Davies. The world’s longest open water swimming competition – 120 miles (193 km) in all – included 7 swims over 7 days, starting at the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in Catskill, New York
