Author Archives
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Guest Post: Crónica De Un Día Cualquiera
David Galceran, buen amigo y nadador de Swim4Good, nos cuenta sus experiencias de la Copa Marnaton eDreams non-stop: 6,5km de Cadaqués + 7km de Begur + 6 km de St. Feliu + 2km de Barcelona en un día. El Swim&Fun de… Read More ›
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Swim4Good Grows Younger
Meet the new crop of Swim4Good Swimmers–7 girls between the ages of 10 to 13 years old. A few months ago I put together a team of 12 kids to swim in the Belvedere lagoon. After the lagoon level was lowered for… Read More ›
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Running the Chicago Marathon with Susan
Versión en Español aquí. Antonio Argüelles, good friend of ours, Swim4Good swimmer and double triple crown swimmer tells us about his new challenge. And, as we can expect from him, his new challenge is within the reach of very few people…. Read More ›
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Corriendo la Maratón de Chicago con Susan
For an English version, click here. Antonio Argüelles, buen amigo nuestro, nadador de Swim4Good, y con dos triples coronas, nos cuenta de sus nuevo reto. Como nos tiene acostumbrado, su nuevo reto está al alcance de muy pocos; sólo 6… Read More ›
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English Channel Swim – Swim4Good S4S
On September 1, Swim4Good Swimmers Guillermo Sagnier, Alberto Compte and I swam across the English Channel in 12 hours 8 minutes in a 3 swimmer relay covering a distance of 50.3km at a water temperature of around 17C (62.6F). Big thanks to… Read More ›
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Mark’s Strait of Gibraltar swim
Swim4Good swimmer Mark Drendel writes about his May 23rd swim and Em provides some color commentary. Mark: During the weeks leading up to the swim I felt good. Had reached my 100km goal in April, mostly swum in the… Read More ›
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Not this time
We’re back on land after swimming for 22 hours and making it almost half way through the Sea of Cortez before high waves and strong winds cut our attempt short. It’s ringing in our mind Paul Lundgren’s conclusion after his own… Read More ›
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Ultraswim Formentera – Ibiza (34 km)
Santi Callis nos relata su heroica travesía del domingo 25 de junio Tirarse al agua a las 7h AM en Formentera y tratar de llegar a Ibiza ya nos parecía complicado. Pero hacerlo con olas de hasta dos metros de… Read More ›
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Paul Lundgren’s first experience with the Sea of Cortez
In one week (June 3rd), the six swimmer team formed by Swim4Good and Night Train Swimmers will start near La Paz (Baja California, Mexico), in a continuous relay swim across the Sea of Cortez, a distance of approximately 163 km…. Read More ›
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Guest Post: ESTRECHO 2014 – desde donde yo lo ví
El 18 de abril 2014, cuatro nadadores de Barcelona (y de Marnaton) – Gabriel Navarro, Fernando Sanahuja, Alex Gorina y David Galceran – salieron nadando desde Tarifa hacia la costa de Marruecos para cumplir su sueño de cruzar el estrecho de Gibraltar…. Read More ›