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- Shutting down & packing up
- The finish
- He's done!
- 150 to go!!!
- 400 to go
- 550 m to go
- 700 m to go!
- 900 m to go
- 1200 m to go!
- 40 km!!!
- 9 p.m. PDT
- The crowds gather (II)
- The crowds gather (I)
- 39 km
- Quick update
- 38 km
- The first length of km 38
- 8 p.m. PDT
- 37 km!
- 36 km
- Tony in km 34
- 34 & 35 km
- Tony's back in the water
- 6 p.m., 13 hours in
- 33 km
- More on Tony's diet
- A poll! Should Tony do the vacuuming?
- Tony's diet
- 32 km! 20 miles! 3/4 of the way!
- 5 p.m. PDT
- Who doesn't love a good bit of spreadsheet work?
- 31 km
- What's going on
- 30 km!
- Media alert
- 4 p.m. PDT
- More family!
- Two thirds
- Friday's 5?
- Consistency
- 3 p.m. PDT
- Undiscovered country
- Why are we here?
- The big test
- 2 p.m.
- 24 km
- 23 km
- Atmosphere (II)
- 1 p.m.
- Halfway!
- 21 km
- 20 km
- Noon - 7 hours in
- 19 km
- The 11 a.m. crew
- 18 km
- More volunteer swimmers
- 11 a.m.
- Help for Tony
- A family of swimmers
- more family
- How do we let Tony know it's time to rest?
- Atmosphere
- 16 km
- For one brief shining moment
- At 15.5 km
- Media
- 15 km
- What would you like to see or hear about?
- 10 a.m. Pacific Time
- One third of the way!
- 14 km
- Volunteers & family
- Tony from the bulkhead.
- 13 km!
- 12.3 km at 9 a.m. local time
- 12 km
- Tony taking a break at 10.5 km ...
- 11 km done ...
- Gonna try to upload a video
- One quarter done!
- More volunteer swimmers: Sherry & Paul
- Tony & Rhonda swimming together
- Tony taking his 10-km break
- 10 km!!!!!
- 9 km
- Running to Starbucks
- Tony swimmng w/volunteer swimmer Vance
- 7 km at 7 a.m.
- Tony in the news
- Tony & the Hyacks
- 6 km!
- 5 km!
- Wanna donate?
- Rhonda counting laps, Anna in background
- 4 km!
- Swimming with the Hyacks
- At 6 a.m. local time ...
- 3 km down!
- 2 km done
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Following this all day has been awe inspiring to say the least, it seems strange to think 'only' another 4k to go - in itself longer than an IM swim !!
ReplyDeleteKeep turning the arms over Tony, one in front of the other, repeat.
And thanks to Richard for the blogging all day, and to Rhonda and all the other volunteers there..
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