Marathon runners describe the Badwater Ultramarathon as the world's toughest foot race. Triathletes talk reverently about the Ironman Hawaii. Marathon swimmers put themselves on the map with a crossing of the English Channel. Badwater, Ironman, English Channel: they are all hard and can beat down even the best-trained athlete down to size. And so can the
Renowned watermen Matty Mitchell, Jon McMullen, and Peter Joseph took 7 hours 56 minutes to complete the marathon biathlon The Big Richard. It was an unprecedented attempt to run-swim-run-swim their way up the Southern California coastline dotted with cool beach towns, piers and gawking onlookers. And they were all up to the challenge, tackling the Pacific
Matty Mitchell, creator of the Big Richard, created the underground hit single Streamline, a snappy ditty about swimming. Streamline I lost my mind Got caught up on the lane line But it was all fine 'cause I got my best time And I am coming up with this sappy little rhyme About swimming And swimming really fast And I wanna have a blast So check
The Big Richard is the world's longest beach run + ocean swim biathlon. The finish will culminate during the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on September 22nd. The brutal coastal biathlon, fashioned after the Mega, is organized by Long Beach waterman Matty Mitchell. It starts at the surf-pounding Wedge in Newport Beach (shown on left) and to
