Greetings
In distance running we have a marathon. Biking has century rides. Triathletes focus on Ironman as the pinnacle distance. Does open water swimming have a distance that is viewed as a benchmark event?
Thanks
Spudfin
Yeah, the running marathon has something very pinpointed and referred to a a a marathon: the 26.2 mile distance (anything over that is an ultra-marathon or "ultra-distance" race). But swims seem to vary with different lengths referred to as "marathons," from what I've noticed.
But in training for my five mile swim, I noticed that what I'm doing for that is pretty similar timewise to what I've done in running marathons. Which might or might not mean anything much... but it does mean that for me, five miles feels like a marathon and having trained for this race, I'm in awe of the swimmers who can cover those amazing distances I've read about! :applaud:
Yeah, the running marathon has something very pinpointed and referred to a a a marathon: the 26.2 mile distance (anything over that is an ultra-marathon or "ultra-distance" race). But swims seem to vary with different lengths referred to as "marathons," from what I've noticed.
But in training for my five mile swim, I noticed that what I'm doing for that is pretty similar timewise to what I've done in running marathons. Which might or might not mean anything much... but it does mean that for me, five miles feels like a marathon and having trained for this race, I'm in awe of the swimmers who can cover those amazing distances I've read about! :applaud:
