8x Anacapa

I'd be happy to do it once, period :D. Is there a special reason for why he is doing it?

Okay, so I have since googled Jim McConica and all I can say is wow! I did notice that this was updated yesterday, so I thought I would add it to your post. He also set the record for the Anacapa Channel on 2 October 2012 from Anacapa Island to the California mainland in 4 hours 38 minutes.

Reliable sources early this morning say that Jim's record swim on the 1st day took too much out of him and he did not finish the second day's swim. It should surprise no one who knows him to see him try this sequence of swims or something similar again in the near future, though.

Reliable sources early this morning say that Jim's record swim on the 1st day took too much out of him and he did not finish the second day's swim. Who are your sources? They don't know what they're talking about. He did finish the Day 2 swim (yesterday), in 5:23:53. It is true that the Day 1 swim took more out of him than he expected. That is because he had a rare day of perfect, glassy conditions in the Santa Barbara Channel. This offered the opportunity to go after the record, set just three weeks earlier by his 17-year old teammate Nick Vargas (a sub-4:40 500 Freestyler). Given this rare opportunity, Jim put everything he had into the Day 1 swim and smashed the record by 20 minutes. His time of 4:38:07 will likely stand for a while. Despite an all-out 12.4-mile swim the day before, Jim came back on Day 2 and did it again. His 5:23:53 is still among the fastest Anacapa crossings in history. It was also the first time anyone has completed Anacapa crossings on two consecutive days. Immediately after the Day 2 swim, Jim decided that after the record swim and unprecedented back-to-back, he had nothing left to prove, and called it a week. In the words of his crew chief: "Could he keep going? Yes. But it would be miserable, not fun or rewarding." Hope that clarifies matters.

@Michael Blatt I notice from your blog that you swim in Ventura. Now I'm guessing that your sources are probably reliable, but you probably misunderstood them.

@Michael Blatt I notice from your blog that you swim in Ventura. Now I'm guessing that your sources are probably reliable, but you probably misunderstood them. Oops, clearly I misunderstood what I heard about Wednesday's event. (But it was clear that there was no swim going on this morning.) By the way, I meant in no way to denigrate Jim's accomplishment(s). I've learned an amazing amount from swimming with him in the past few years, and remain in awe at his abilities and accomplishments.

In the words of his crew chief: "Could he keep going? Yes. But it would be miserable, not fun or rewarding." A little misery never hurt anyone............

Yes, there is a reason he is doing it....no one else has done it and the way he is doing it no one else will do it for a very long time!:applaud:

Yes, there is a reason he is doing it....no one else has done it and the way he is doing it no one else will do it for a very long time!:applaud: I like it! I love it when people answer "because I can" :D. True inspiration!