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Jul 19 2008

Day 25 - Back on the saddle

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Ride stats today

80 miles
Ingelmunster, Belgium to Fin, France
Gorgeous countryside, 15 mph headwind
4 baguettes in rear pockets, 3 weddings, 7 barets

Holy smokes was it blowing out there today, but we pushed through. The French countryside was gorgeous, which made it easier. We started in Belgium and crossed the border into France during our ride. Belgium was [...]

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Jul 18 2008

Day 24 - Back on the bikes

Published by neal under Misc.

We put our bike shoes on today for a short and fast (20 miles) warm-up ride from Dover to Canterbury. Tomorrow and the next day we have back-to-back 100-mile rides through France. We are going to France to begin the final leg of 10 Degrees Latitude. The remaining portion is a bike from Calais to [...]

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Jul 17 2008

Day 23 - Channel Day Moments

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We swam the channel yesterday.  Today is a planned day to rest, recoop and reenergize. We still have 200 more miles to bike to get to Paris — which will start day after tomorrow.
Some stats about our swim:

Dover, UK to Calais, France
14 hours 23 minutes
21 miles
Water temp 60F
In terms of nutrition… We [...]

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Jul 16 2008

Day 22 - We swam the English Channel

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14 hours 23 minutes

We made it! Everyone helped! It was awesome!
It was a gorgeous day for a swim from England to France. The middle map pretty well tells the story of our relay swim across the English Channel. We started the morning off strong on Shakespeare Beach and finished the day cold and [...]

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Jul 15 2008

Day 21 - 8th training swim in Dover

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Got word again from our pilot that tomorrow is our Channel Swim Day. We will start at 6AM from English sand and swim till we hit sand (i.e. France).  It will take us 14 hours or so. Wish us luck.
The below picture is a view near our sandy starting point in Dover. The videos are [...]

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Jul 14 2008

Day 20 - Shoutout & 7th training swim in Dover

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Adam and I are seriously ready to swim — and the weather has us land-locked. We talked to our awesome pilot boat captain today and Wednesday (7/16) seems like our day. One of the big challenges of swimming the English Channel is having the patience to wait for the perfect weather day.
In this blog post [...]

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