{"id":7507,"date":"2021-03-13T17:24:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T17:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=7507"},"modified":"2021-03-13T17:24:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T17:24:33","slug":"exclusive-interview-ross-edgley-on-100-days-swimming-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=7507","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive interview: Ross Edgley on 100 days swimming at sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reaching 100 days and 1,230 miles into his epic Great British Swim tomorrow (8th September), Ross Edgley is starting the journey back down to the South Coast. He took a break to tell us about whales, sprinting past ferries and plans for the next 600 miles\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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220: So you\u2019ve done 100 days at sea, Ross! How does that feel?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ross: Well, it\u2019s a weird landmark, 100 days, because there\u2019s still so far to go! I think it\u2019s like a lot of the things we\u2019ve celebrated, for example when we did the South coast we were all like \u201cyay!\u201d because we only had to go up and round, then when we got to John O\u2019Groats we were all like \u201cyay!\u201d again because then we only had to come all the way back down again\u2026 So now we\u2019re all going \u201cyay!\u201d at 100 days but the funny thing is there\u2019s still 600 miles to go!!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got such an amazing team and I think I speak for the whole team when I say the only thing we\u2019ll celebrate from this point now will be arriving in Margate. By Open Water Swimming Federation rules, if we don\u2019t touch Margate this entire swim will go down as a DNF! That would just be brutal!<\/p>\n

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220: Tell us about your highs and lows so far!<\/p>\n

Ross: My high point was the Bristol Channel. I was swimming for about 10 miles and a giant Minke Whale guided me all the way to Wales! Me and the captain were talking and we realised the whale maybe thought I was an injured seal. It was so sweet. As soon as we got to Wales the whale kind of swum off, as if to say \u2018ok, you\u2019re safe now\u2019. That was just amazing.<\/p>\n

My low point\u2026 Probably the West coast of Scotland between Mull of Kintyre and Toblemory as it was between there I took the most jellyfish stings. That wasn\u2019t pleasant!<\/p>\n

220: What are you expecting next?<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve just done a huge mull in Scotland which was waaaay bigger than I thought it was! The next big hurdle is Peter\u2019s Head which I\u2019m told will make Dover look quite tame as we have to sprint across it when there\u2019s a gap in the ships. The coastguards have been just amazing. They asked us \u201chow quick is the swimmer, because it\u2019s busy here\u201d, and we said, well, if we have to sprint then we have to sprint! That\u2019s an interesting point actually, because this challenge is a bit like triathlon in that we\u2019ll have a game plan, but that all means nothing if you have to sprint because you\u2019re about to get hit by a giant ferry! I can be like \u201cyes, but I need to regulate my heart rate right now\u201d and they\u2019ll be like \u201cNO. Just GO!\u201d I\u2019m looking forward to that, but only to get it out of the way\u2026<\/p>\n

Getting back to British waters is going to be amazing and going round Lincolnshire, which is home, I\u2019m looking forward to\u2026 Then of course touching land in Margate!<\/p>\n

Stats from Ross\u2019s Swim So Far\u2026\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 54 jellyfish stings
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One minke whale in the Bristol Channel
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One seven-metre basking shark sighting off the coast of Scotland
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Twelve dolphins spotted in the South Coast
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One seal spotted off the coast of Devon
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1,230 miles covered
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1,600,000 strokes completed
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2,039 hours in the water
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 442 bananas
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30.99 nautical miles (the highest distance covered in a single day)
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Three rolls of gaffer tape used to fix broken skin
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8.7 knots top speed
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1,250,000 calories burned
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Two kilograms of Vaseline for chaffing
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One freshly grown beard to try prevent more jellyfish stings!<\/p>\n

Ross has broken a number of records since the Great British Swim began. By the end of June Ross had became the first ever person to swim the length of the English Channel. In mid-August he surpassed the world record for the Longest Staged Sea Swim of 73 days, set by Beno\u00eet Lecomte who swam across the Atlantic Ocean in 1998. Finally, last week he became the first ever Britain to swim the 900 mile journey from Lands\u2019 End to John O\u2019Groats in a record breaking 62 days.<\/p>\n

Not one to shy away from a challenge, Ross has previously rope climbed the equivalent height (8,848m) of Mount Everest inside 24 hours, completed a triathlon with a tree strapped to his back, and completed a marathon whilst dragging a Mini Cooper!<\/p>\n

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Follow Ross\u2019s Great British Swim journey via live tracker at\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>RedBull.co.uk\/GreatBritishSwim and tune in to weekly vlogs at\u00a0youtube.com\/redbull<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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