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MarkyMark76
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 Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 1:13 pm Post subject: Ross Edgley - #GreatBritishSwim |
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2,700km, 100 days, Britain's coastline, never touching land. Starts 1st June. 6hrs swimming every day.
The mind boggles.
www.redbull.co.uk/greatbritishswim
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Gus
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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Blimey, I wish him well.
Hope it's not another 'Swimming the Atlantic' scenario 
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tin pot
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Gus wrote: | Blimey, I wish him well.
Hope it's not another 'Swimming the Atlantic' scenario |
Erm...
“Earlier this year I attempted to swim from Martinique to St Lucia while tied to a tree. “
I was going to give up hope at that point but, there’s more.
“I’d aimed to swim 40km point to point, but the current was totally against me and kept dragging me back. Even though I didn't reach the shore, I actually swam over 100km in the end. “
Right then.
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tin pot
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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It’s nice to push the limits of human endurance with considered and reasonable advances.
If https://db.marathonswimmers.org/longest-swims/ is anything to go by, he’s only looking to out do current records by just over 2500km, so a reasonable target really.
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fruit thief
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| "One lesson I learnt on my swim in St Lucia is that most conventional energy gels only deliver 30 grams of carbohydrates, which isn’t enough. The solution is to use piping bags you make a cake with, which we’ll fill with custard, curries and what have you as I bite the end off and pump the food into my face."
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Chrace
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 7:19 am Post subject: |
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Triple channel crossings?!? Blimey.
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tin pot
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 7:38 am Post subject: |
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Mr Edgley works for GQ apparently, his articles are giving me a good giggle
http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/train-for-triathlon
Treeathlon.
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FatPom
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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| fruit thief wrote: | | "One lesson I learnt on my swim in St Lucia is that most conventional energy gels only deliver 30 grams of carbohydrates, which isn’t enough. The solution is to use piping bags you make a cake with, which we’ll fill with custard, curries and what have you as I bite the end off and pump the food into my face." |
I'm looking at a gel in my box right now that has 51g carbs and 204 cal.
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fruit thief
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Fatpom, tell him before he goes too far down the cake- icer road
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Gus
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sure my old High5 gels were 60g per sachet.
I hope he researches his route better than his energy sources.
Who knows, maybe he's so incompetent he may end up swimming the Atlantic by accident.
Towing his log.
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| fruit thief wrote: | | Fatpom, tell him before he goes too far down the cake- icer road |
Where would the fun in that be? 
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Symes
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 9:26 am Post subject: |
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“It’s the equivalent of swimming the English Channel every day,”
"I need the ability to swim 50km day and night"
Err, not sure the maths add up here.
Hope he logs the boat's co-ordinates while he sleeps and doesn't allow drift like our friend who tried to swim to Brazil 6 miles at a time...
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SGreg
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 10:22 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | "A friend of mine named Sean Conway once swam the length of Great Britain in 135 days. I’m looking to do more than double that distance in less time." |
Err Good luck on that...
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tin pot
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 10:33 am Post subject: |
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| Symes wrote: | | Hope he logs the boat's co-ordinates while he sleeps and doesn't allow drift like our friend who tried to swim to Brazil 6 miles at a time... |
The comedy is getting a bit wooden around here.
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FatPom
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Tin Pot wrote: | | Symes wrote: | | Hope he logs the boat's co-ordinates while he sleeps and doesn't allow drift like our friend who tried to swim to Brazil 6 miles at a time... |
The comedy is getting a bit wooden around here. |
If he drifts too much, he might get beeched.
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