Crossing the Catalina channel.
I swam for almost 8 hours in the pitch black of night. Green glow sticks lit the silhouette of the sailboat on my left and the kayak on...
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Sidney Russell
- Sep 8, 2021
- 1 min
This time, La Jolla shores was going to see a lot more of me.
Eight hours, in fact. My favorite swim spot, and one of the most beautiful beaches on earth, spent a good deal of time with me in it this...
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Sidney Russell
- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
Crossing the true width of Lake Tahoe.
In so many ways I am lucky to have even had the opportunity to swim across Tahoe. After I swam around Coronado I desperately searched for...
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Sidney Russell
- Jul 4, 2021
- 1 min
Joining Kenton’s Swim for ‘Merica.
Nine miles and counting. Yesterday we joined Kenton’s Swim for ‘Merica but we decided to start at Scripts Pier and end at South Mission...
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Sidney Russell
- Jun 2, 2021
- 1 min
Switching things up, with a long distance swim event in the Caribbean Sea.
¡Bienvenido a Mexico! A dip on the warmer side of central America. After becoming deeply frustrated at the cold water of the pacific...
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Sidney Russell
- Apr 20, 2021
- 1 min
My first marathon swim: swimming all the way around Coronado.
Around Coronado Swim — April 9, 2021 Uneventful — yet everything I needed and wanted. It's a wrap. As I neared the beach I forgot about...
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Sidney Russell
- Jan 6, 2021
- 2 min
Mother nature had her say: an unexpected swim at La Jolla cove.
My goal this morning to swim 8,000 yards was quickly washed away into a goal for survival. We started our swim like any other dark early...
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