Swimming In Stages Down The Hudson River Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Race director Rondi Davies summed up Stage 6 at the longest swimming race in the world, the 6th annual 7-day, 7-stage 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York, "We had a fantastic day when everyone finished. Capri Djatiasmoro fought hard to reach the bridge as the
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. 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. New York attorney Alan Morrison will attempt a historic two-way 24-mile crossing from the Brooklyn Bridge to Coney Island tomorrow as a charity swim. The swim's roots go back at least 100 years. On September 27th, the 53-year-old Manhattan breaststroking marathon swimmer will attempt the solo swim from the
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
Swim Free has charity spots for Swim Free's Triathlon and Ironman teams. These races include the NYC Triathlon on July 14th, Ironman Lake Placid on July 28th, and Ironman Lake Tahoe on September 22nd. All of these triathlons are sold out - with the exception of the Swim Free. "We are now are offering a special discount for those who want to participate
David Barra and Rondi Davies have created one of the longest series of marathon swims in the world. Their 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim is one of the newest and most popular ultra-marathon challenges in the world. Back in 2011, these were the results and courses swum day after day. Stage 1 was an 18.3-mile course from the northwest side of the Rip Van
Ethan Saulnier of Somerville, Massachusetts established a new record for the 10-mile course in the Kingdom Swim in Lake Memphremagog on the Vermont (American) side. He beat Rondi Davies’ existing record time by about 4 minutes that she set in 2010. The event will serve as the site of the 2013 9+ Mile U.S. Masters Swimming National Championship. It
Rondi Davies and Grace van der Byl became the first individuals to entirely complete the 193 km 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim, a stage swim 120 miles down the Hudson River in New York. Conceived by David Barra, the 7-stage swim began at the Rip Van Winkle Bridge near Catskill, New York and ends at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. As the
While ultra marathon swimmer Penny Palfrey is coming up on her halfway point of her 166 km solo swim from Cuba to Florida, another group of ultra marathon swimmers have reached their halfway point on their 193 km (120-mile) stage swim down the Hudson River in New York. Like Palfrey, the swimmers in New York are stretching the boundaries of what is possible.
