How Hard Is The ENGLISH CHANNEL SWIM? English Channel FAQ with Marathon Swimmer & Professional Coach
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2024
- Coach Craig recently completed a solo English Channel swim and his Triple Crown of Open water Swimming. In this video he goes through some of the most common questions he gets asked about swimming the English Channel...
Chapters:
0:00 Common English Channel Swim Questions
0:34 How much training did you do?
1:48 What are the rules of marathon swimming?
2:26 Did you have to gain weight?
3:03 How did you train for the cold?
4:15 What did you eat during your swim?
5:08 How did you eat during your swim?
5:27 What do you do when you need to use the bathroom?
6:16 What do you think about while swimming?
7:26 What about sea life and jellyfish?
8:13 How do you get through tough moments?
8:45 What happens when you get to France?
10:46 Which boat do you recommend?
11:18 CSA or CS & PF?
11:42 Why don't you swim in a straight line?
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About Craig Lewin:
Craig is the founder and head coach of Endurance Swimming. He is an internationally recognized swim coach, Channel Swimming Association Approved Coach, USA Swimming, American Swim Coach's Association and U.S. Master Swimming Certified coach with over 15 years of experienced. Craig is an accomplished marathon swimmer who has completed the Triple Crown of Marathon Swimming, the English Channel, Catalina Channel and 20 Bridges Swim. He is a former triathlete who qualified for Ironman 70.3 World Championships and swim collegiately for the Division 1 Boston College Swim Team. He loves about helping people reach their personal swim and life goals! Follow him on social media: @enduranceswim - กีฬา
What other questions do you have that we didn't answer?
Sister Act I or II?! Also, more seriously, which of the Triple Crown swims would you recommend doing first? Any rhyme or reason? I'm thinking about Catalina for October 2021, assuming I can squeeze in enough training once the water heats up and/or pools open.
Sister Act 1 obviously! I think it is whatever fits you schedule. I did Catalina followed by 20 Bridges and then the English Channel. If I could do it again, I would have tried to do 2 the same year and the last one the following year either CC and 20B or EC and 20B. I would prefer to do EC first because it is the scariest of the 3 and you will have tons of confidence that you can finish the other 2 if you finish EC. If you have minimal marathon swim experience and cold water experience then I would say 20B first as it is pretty easy compared to the other 2. Doing Catalina first will give you some confidence for EC in being able to cover the distance and cooler water but really it comes down to logistics and finances. I hope that helps.
@@EnduranceSwimming wow, thanks for such a detailed response! I’m a San Francisco Bay swimmer about to relocate to Boston, so hope to join you on some wild New England winter swims soon!
Be sure to look us up when you get here!
Hello dear sir how are you. Iwant to particioat in english channel
Useful video. Thank you
Amazing
Hi. If you're still seeing these..... GREAT video. Did you grease up? All sorts of info about people using all sorts of grease products. What product? Do you reapply mid-swim?
Thanks for great Q&A!
Yes I use a mixture of zinc oxide for sun protection and petroleum jelly and lanolin both for chaffing. If you apply enough, then you generally won't have to re-grease midswim.
@@EnduranceSwimming Fantastic! Thanks so much for the info. Great video and channel!
@@EnduranceSwimming How many calories do you typically take in during your crossing?
@@archimedesmaid3602 that depends on each individual but personally I took in about 400 calories/hr.
My issue would be how to hold the beer during the trip…
Respect
You could put a cup holder on your head!
If you are doing really bad because the weather, the cold,etc, who make the decision to take you out of the water?
The captain?
You?
Your coach?
It depends but more often than not a combination of the captain, observer and crew but the captain has final say as their job and responsibility is the safety of everyone.
Has it ever happened to you or your friends or your coaches to have been "caught" on video while they were peeing in the water? I think those will be the funniest clips ever
That would be funny!
@@EnduranceSwimming Try to make a compilation of those moments, it would be sooo funny
We will do our best!
enjoy the maledives :)