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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    I've heard that a swimmer in Linköping (Sweden) Anders Forvass swam 101.9km (63.3 miles) in 24hrs back in '89. so i did a google search and it looks like the 2003 guinness book of world records shows Anders 63.3 miles as the most in a 25m pool Grant Robinsoon australia 62.82 miles in a 50m pool Kelley Drifeld australia 59.44 miles in a 50m pool souce www.soloswims.com/24-hour-pool.htm Wow, that close to 4000m per hour! A good clip!
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  • Former Member
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    I've heard that a swimmer in Linköping (Sweden) Anders Forvass swam 101.9km (63.3 miles) in 24hrs back in '89. so i did a google search and it looks like the 2003 guinness book of world records shows Anders 63.3 miles as the most in a 25m pool Grant Robinsoon australia 62.82 miles in a 50m pool Kelley Drifeld australia 59.44 miles in a 50m pool souce www.soloswims.com/24-hour-pool.htm Wow, that close to 4000m per hour! A good clip!
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