100k a day

insweep said:

Some days ago we spoke about 100l weekly: gieve a look to the following
record!

Meca Completes Alicante-Ibiza crossing
Jan 6, 2006
SANT ANTONI. David Meca has completed a Mediterranean crossing by swimming
from Jávea to Ibiza.
Meca, 32, who is the 25k world champion, reached Ibiza's shores on Thursday
afternoon, after he swam 110 kilometres in 25.5 hours.

Ouch....

Are you sure about that time because that means he swam at a rate of 4.3km
an hour, that means under 14 minutes a km. There is not many people that can
do that or even come close.

Well, I issued a news item by reading spanish press agency but I must admit
I didn't pay attention.
I checked again several new items issued since yesterday and each one report
the same data, according one of them he was even faster by swimming in 22.5
hours!
Anyways, if I well remember I read at the beginning of the week that true
distance was 90km, this is more acceptable I think.
Is there someone in this NG that could check the distance from Jávea
(Alicante) and San Antonio (Ibiza), using any internet facilities?

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Quoted message said:

Are you sure about that time because that means he swam at a rate of 4.3km
an hour, that means under 14 minutes a km. There is not many people that
can
do that or even come close.

"Marcel Meijer" <[email hidden]> a écrit dans le message de news:
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Quoted message said:

Are you sure about that time because that means he swam at a rate of 4.3km
an hour, that means under 14 minutes a km. There is not many people that
can
do that or even come close.

David Meca is the spanish world champion for the 25km Open Water.
Not many people are world champion for the 25km Open Water.
And he probably had a wetsuit at this time of the year, which makes him swim
a bit faster.
Open Water is coming at the Olympics. Open Water champions should endly
start to become well known...

-- Olivier

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Quoted message said:

Well, I issued a news item by reading spanish press agency but I must
admit I didn't pay attention.
I checked again several new items issued since yesterday and each one
report the same data, according one of them he was even faster by swimming
in 22.5 hours!
Anyways, if I well remember I read at the beginning of the week that true
distance was 90km, this is more acceptable I think.
Is there someone in this NG that could check the distance from Jávea
(Alicante) and San Antonio (Ibiza), using any internet facilities?

Meca can swim 25km in 5 hours (5km/h, a bit faster than our friend Micheal).
See
http://www.omegatiming.com/openwater/racearchives/montreal2005/Mens_25km_Results.pdf
This is consistent with 110 kilometres in 25.5 hours.

-- Olivier

Silver0l said:

"Marcel Meijer" <[email hidden]> a écrit dans le message de news:
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Quoted message said:

Are you sure about that time because that means he swam at a rate of 4.3km
an hour, that means under 14 minutes a km. There is not many people that
can
do that or even come close.

David Meca is the spanish world champion for the 25km Open Water.
Not many people are world champion for the 25km Open Water.
And he probably had a wetsuit at this time of the year, which makes him swim
a bit faster.
Open Water is coming at the Olympics. Open Water champions should endly
start to become well known...

I knew a guy in Australia (not very well, can't remember his name),
who swam 100km in 24 hours in the pool. He got a 5 minute break every
hour. I think he was in the Guiness book.

I knew also a guy from Australia who swam between 110-120 k for a 24 hours
swim, if my memory is good. His name is Grant Robinson. He was something
like 6'3" and 210 pounds, lot of muscles, no fat. He won almost all the
races he entered one year(around 1997 probably).

SebB

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Silver0l said:

"Marcel Meijer" <[email hidden]> a écrit dans le message de news:
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Quoted message said:

Are you sure about that time because that means he swam at a rate of
4.3km
an hour, that means under 14 minutes a km. There is not many people that
can
do that or even come close.

David Meca is the spanish world champion for the 25km Open Water.
Not many people are world champion for the 25km Open Water.
And he probably had a wetsuit at this time of the year, which makes him
swim
a bit faster.
Open Water is coming at the Olympics. Open Water champions should endly
start to become well known...

I knew a guy in Australia (not very well, can't remember his name),
who swam 100km in 24 hours in the pool. He got a 5 minute break every
hour. I think he was in the Guiness book.

SebB said:

I knew also a guy from Australia who swam between 110-120 k for a 24 hours
swim, if my memory is good. His name is Grant Robinson. He was something
like 6'3" and 210 pounds, lot of muscles, no fat. He won almost all the
races he entered one year(around 1997 probably).

That's a different guy. The guy I knew did it earlier, and I think his
name was Evan Barry.

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SebB

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Silver0l said:

"Marcel Meijer" <[email hidden]> a écrit dans le message de news:
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>Are you sure about that time because that means he swam at a rate of
>4.3km
>an hour, that means under 14 minutes a km. There is not many people that
>can
>do that or even come close.

David Meca is the spanish world champion for the 25km Open Water.
Not many people are world champion for the 25km Open Water.
And he probably had a wetsuit at this time of the year, which makes him
swim
a bit faster.
Open Water is coming at the Olympics. Open Water champions should endly
start to become well known...

I knew a guy in Australia (not very well, can't remember his name),
who swam 100km in 24 hours in the pool. He got a 5 minute break every
hour. I think he was in the Guiness book.

"SebB" <[email hidden]> a écrit dans le message de news:
JfPwf.80881$6K2.60126@edtnps90...

Quoted message said:

I knew also a guy from Australia who swam between 110-120 k for a 24 hours
swim, if my memory is good. His name is Grant Robinson. He was something
like 6'3" and 210 pounds, lot of muscles, no fat. He won almost all the
races he entered one year(around 1997 probably).

SebB

Could Gustave Garrigou have done it in 1911? ;-)