Jul 19 2008
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 [...]
Jul 18 2008
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 [...]
Jul 17 2008
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 [...]
Jul 16 2008
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 [...]
Jul 15 2008
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 [...]
Jul 14 2008
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 [...]
Adam, Neal, & Amy
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