"My philosophy is, you have to have the right screw loose to be a good endurance athlete. You look at the best ones, they’re crazy," described Alex Meyer to the New York Times about marathon swimmers."It was very difficult. No one has ever been stupid enough to attempt this before," recalled David Yudovin, an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame of
Bookcased between her two separate successful swims by Marcy MacDonald (her #11 and #12 of her career), the English Channel and the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation welcomed a number of swimmers to its esteemed community. Kevin Murphy announced the certified solo swimmers of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Association during the 2011 season:SOLO
Roger Allsopp completed his second English Channel swim - this time as a 70-year-old - in 17 hours 51 minutes to become the oldest person to ever complete an English Channel swim. Conditions were reportedly not ideal (6m spring tide) and his course from England to France was anything but straight (see his plotting from the Spot Tracker aboard his escort
