Before it becomes stale news, I wanted to note several fascinating, inspiring, “water-level” accounts of the recent Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. The 28.5-mile circumnavigation of Manhattan is one of the generally-accepted crowning achievements of open-water marathon swimming (along with the Catalina and English Channels), and is the only race among the three.
- Chloe McCardel (the winner): Part 1, Part 2
- David Barra
- Tobey-Anne Saracino
- Rob Kent (no direct link – scroll to 6/14/2010)