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Oct 12 2008

Brandon White is ampted to join us for 10DL North America

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A good friend of mine, Brandon White, asked to join us for 10DL North America. We said YES! He’s an entrepreneur and amatuer bodybuilder. His story is a typical one and three ACL repairs (all a result of playing lacrosse) and a history of endurance training and events. He’ll be training and representing 10DL on the East [...]

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Sep 04 2008

A nice write-up from Gu

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Gu Nutrition, makers of Roctane Ultra Endurance Energy Gel, did a funny little write-up on us today. They sent Adam and I a list of provocative questions and asked us to respond. I hope you have as much fun reading it as we had writing it. Here’s an excerpt. – – – What’s the most [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Jul 13 2008

Day 19 – 6th training swim in Dover

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Swim stats today 2 hours 10 dudes in drysuits diving for shipwrecks in the harbor Well, we did yet another training swim. Got the call from our pilot (Dave Whyte) last night that we weren’t going to be relaying the channel, so we decided to acclimatize swim again. Since we couldn’t go we did 2 [...]

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Jul 12 2008

Day 18 – 5th training swim in Dover

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Met at Dover Harbor today for the regular weekend CS&PF Swim. There were heaps of swimmers (at least 50) there at 9AM. Adam and I swam for 1 hour in the harbor just to loosen up. We were joined by our families, and after the swim the kids decided to stick their feet in the [...]

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