On Friday morning, 1 February, Fergal Sommerville received a phone call from Lough Dan. “Sorry,” they said. “The roads to Lough Dan are impassable. You won’t be able to get here tomorrow for your swim.”
The IISA GB Championships 2019 were held on the 5 and 6 January at Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre, Yorkshire, in partnership with SwimYourSwim.
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Marathon Swims has announced the dates for its 2019 event at the London Aquatics Centre as 9 and 10 November, and entries have opened today.
Adventurer and campaigner Lindsey Cole completed her 120-mile length-of-Thames swim exactly on schedule on 24 November 2018 at the Anglers pub next to Teddington Lock
Back in September, Cameron Bellamy abandoned an attempt to swim around Barbados after 66km out of a total of 96km. Undaunted he said he “can’t wait to give it another crack.”
Italian swimmer Arianna Bridi and German Florian Wellbrock finished on top in their respective events in the final race of this year’s Marathon Swim World Series on 9 November in Abu Dhabi.
