“Marathon swimming is not a spectator sport, though maybe it should be. At first it’s mildly interesting, then vastly dull, then eventually the astonishing achievement becomes apparent.
Endurance sport is not beautiful. It’s the opposite. It’s wrecking, pummelling, stretching a body into an ambulance-worthy state. It’s yelling ‘keep going’ to nerve endings that scream, entirely reasonably, for an end.
Marathon swimming, like all marathons, isn’t merely a body against a distance. It’s the mind at war with its meat-puppet.” – Nick Miller, Sydney Morning Herald, 2016.
Swim |
Distance |
Time |
| 2016
English Channel |
34km
Single Crossing |
10:29
|
| 2016
English Channel |
34km
Single Crossing |
10:19
|
| 2016
English Channel |
34km
Single Crossing |
10:00
|
| 2016
English Channel |
34km
Single Crossing |
10:00
|
| 2016
English Channel |
34km
Single Crossing |
08:51
|
| 2016
English Channel |
34km
Single Crossing |
09:48
|
| 2016
English Channel |
34km
Single Crossing |
10:21
|
| 2016
English Channel |
34km
Single Crossing |
10:45
|
| 2015
English Channel |
102km
Triple Crossing |
36:12 (11:34; 11:08; 13:30)
|
| 2015
English Channel |
34km
Single Crossing |
09:48
|
| 2015
English Channel |
34km
Single Crossing |
09:56
|
| 2015
English Channel |
34km
Single Crossing |
08:52
|
| 2014
English Channel |
34km
Single Crossing |
09:12
|
| 2014
Bahamas |
124.4km
Ratified World Record |
41:21
|
| 2012
Rottnest Channel |
19.7km
Perth – Rottnest Island |
04:59
|
| 2012
Bondi Beach |
48km
60 Laps Record |
TBC
|
| 2012
English Channel |
68km
Double Crossing |
19:20 (09:50; 09:30)
|
| 2011
English Channel |
34km
Single Crossing |
09:03
|
| 2010
English Channel |
68km
Double Crossing |
21:48 (10:37; 11:11)
|
| 2009
English Channel |
34km
Single Crossing |
12:03
|