Would you swim 50,000 in a day!!!

I found this on the Utah Masters website homepage. Amazing what they did, although a bit excessive and crazy too. That much strain on the body cannot be that good for a person either. Was it really worth it? Read below: Amazing Utah Swim - 50,000 yd. SWIM in one day For several weeks, Will Reeves (a 57 year old diehard distance swimmer), had it in his head to swim 50,000 yards (30.3) miles in one day. On Jan 17, 2011 it happened. Believe it or not, there are witnesses. Mori Paulsen, (a 51 year old extreme fitness kind of guy), ended up having the holiday off from work and decided to join Will. They started at 7:15 a.m. Monday morning and finished at 9:00 p.m. They swam (25) 2,000 yard sets with an average 2-3 minute break between the 2,000s. At about 30,000 yards they both hit the wall. Will was getting sick and Mori started having the shakes and cramps in his right triceps. In pain, they both persisted and decided to shoot for 40,000. When they reached 40,000, the physical pain to call it quits dissipated somewhat and they pushed on to the 50,000.goal. It took a couple of days to recover. Mori is still feeling soreness in his triceps. Congratulations on the swim!!
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  • 13:45 workout time is similar to an Ironman triathlon. So I'm guessing that like most Ironmen, they settled into an aerobic pace (say 130-140 heartrate) and pretty much stayed there. But... in an Ironman you get to change activities twice, and see different things throughout the day. These guys were Energizer bunnies, doing the same exact thing over and over. The indoor pool I competed at today had no windows to the outside world... I wonder if theirs did... :bed:
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  • 13:45 workout time is similar to an Ironman triathlon. So I'm guessing that like most Ironmen, they settled into an aerobic pace (say 130-140 heartrate) and pretty much stayed there. But... in an Ironman you get to change activities twice, and see different things throughout the day. These guys were Energizer bunnies, doing the same exact thing over and over. The indoor pool I competed at today had no windows to the outside world... I wonder if theirs did... :bed:
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