I’ve always thought that Antarctica will be the most physically difficult expedition of all our 7 10DL expeditions. Until now I never had a structured way of thinking about how to measure “difficulty”. From a energy expenditure perspective, Antarctica will be the hardest. Here’s how I performed my calculations. 
1. The first step is to breakdown [...]

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In mountain climbing the unsung heroes are the sherpas/porters. In open water swimming the unsung heroes are the pilot boats.
Typically I’m a swimmer, and pilot boats protect me. Today I had the opportunity to switch roles. I piloted a swim with 25 swimmers. There were 5 other pilot boats including me.
Role of the pilot [...]

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It’s only natural that people should ask why we love to swim in the San Francisco Bay. Swimming in the ocean sounds perilous and dirty to the unintiated. My answer to this common question is below.
5 Reasons To Train in the San Francisco Bay

The Bay is clean and has less chemicals than the pool.
Swimming allows me [...]

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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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Sorry for the radio/blog silence. I was driving cross-country in my Jeep & Trailer. What a gorgeous drive!
I moved from Philadelphia to San Francisco. I’m new here, and one of the big parts of moving for me is finding a new place to workout. I know about the Dolphin Swim Club in San Francisco, so [...]

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The water temp in the English Channel has begun to rise above 50F. This is the natural spring-time tendency of the channel and it’s great news for us swimmers. NOAA shows us water temps, conditions and neat little graphs that I wish had a longer time-scale.

Wind Direction (WDIR):
SSW ( 210 deg true )

Wind Speed (WSPD):
15.9 [...]

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