{"id":7520,"date":"2021-03-13T20:26:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T20:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=7520"},"modified":"2021-03-13T20:26:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T20:26:16","slug":"ross-edgley-breaks-sea-swim-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=7520","title":{"rendered":"Ross Edgley breaks sea swim world record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seventy-four days into his epic 100+ day swim circumnavigating Great Britain, Ross Edgley is the only man in history to have swum so far, for so long. Speaking to Ross on the west coast of Scotland, we talk jellyfish, tongue loss and a severe case of rhino neck\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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220: Congratulations on setting a new world record, how are you feeling<\/strong> after having swam 74 consecutive days at sea?<\/strong><\/p>\n

RE: Do you know what? Not too bad. All of the cuts and bruises and ailments and chafing, we kind of discovered how to manage all of those now. So, I actually feel good. It\u2019s now almost a case of mentally celebrating a little bit, but knowing we\u2019ve got so far to go as well.<\/p>\n

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What main challenges have occurred mentally and physically throughout your journey?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We joke a lot but probably one of the lowest points was when the chafing was at its worst \u2013 we called it \u2018rhino neck\u2019 \u2013and I was waking up with chunks of my tongue on my pillow, I was just in absolute pieces. If you start getting any sort of wounds and cuts, they can just deepen and turn into sea ulcers. These get deeper and deeper until they reach the bone and tissue. So that was a concern.<\/p>\n

Your shoulders were tight before starting, how do you rehab and recover on the boat?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Generally, you should look at your kinetic chain of how the muscles join and how everything works cohesively together. If you have a weakness, it will manifest itself over days, weeks, or in this case, months. So, it\u2019s actually helped iron out a lot of bad habits that I\u2019ve picked up swimming. With shoulder injuries, it was more about prevention than cure. So, I modified my swimming technique. Instead of being fast in the water like I\u2019d want during a triathlon, I\u2019ve had to become more efficient instead.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Did you ever feel like giving up?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My thinking has always been: \u2018Be so na\u00efve that you start but so stubborn that you finish.\u2019 Honestly, I didn\u2019t quite realise just how hard this was going to be. But even in the darkest moments, I was thinking: \u2018Well I\u2019m not going to give up.\u2019 Worst-case scenario is that I\u2019m pulled out by a safety boat, best-case scenario is that I finish this and arrive at Margate!<\/p>\n

What would you say has been your favourite moment so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A minke whale followed us for 5 miles across the Bristol Channel. We reckon that the whale thought I was an injured seal because it basically just guided us all the way to the Welsh waters. Another of my favourite moments was in Sidmouth. I was exhausted and the entire crew was asleep. Somebody came out to the boat. Realising what would make me feel better, they bought us fudge and cake. Seeing that we were all asleep, they just left a little note saying: \u2018Keep going and all the best, didn\u2019t want to wake you\u2019. It was so sweet!<\/p>\n

Tell us about your diet, you\u2019ve mentioned gaining weight \u2013 Is that deliberate insulation or a fuelling miscalculation?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Haha, it\u2019s a bit of both.\u00a0I knew that the Scottish waters weren\u2019t going to be kind in terms of temperature. I thought look, if ever you\u2019re going to put on a decent amount of seal blubber, now\u2019s the time. With everything I was asking of my body, the least I can do is make sure I met its calorie requirements.\u00a0Also, if ever you\u2019re going to be able to eat 10,000 calories a day, swimming around the coast of Great Britain is probably one of those times. So I thought I\u2019d just take that opportunity because I love my food!\u00a0<\/p>\n

What have been your go-to foods for fuelling hard exercise?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before I started this, I did quite like a curry or something spicy. But because of salt tongue, now I just want something stodgy and bland. It started with just porridge oats. Then I was like okay, get some chocolate sauce on that. Once you\u2019ve done that, get a pack of biscuits and crumble them on top. Put it back in the pan to thicken up, and it\u2019s just like cookie dough. That\u2019s become my go-to.<\/p>\n

How do you find swimming in the dark?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The night swims just don\u2019t get easier, especially now in Scotland with the giant jellyfish. You\u2019re putting on a wetsuit, it\u2019s 2am in the morning, and you\u2019re thinking: \u2018I\u2019m probably gonna get stung. I don\u2019t know how many times. I don\u2019t know when it\u2019s going to happen. I don\u2019t know what sort of jellyfish it is.\u2019 Yeah, the night swims aren\u2019t great\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

What tips would you give someone just starting out and feeling the pull of adventure?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I believe that everyone has something unique that they can do. I\u2019m not a fast swimmer, but one thing I am good at is just eating and floating very far every single day. Getting started, one of the first challenges I ever did was a marathon, pulling my own car. All I had to buy was a harness and some rope. You start small, with something that you don\u2019t need any funding or support for, that you could do this weekend. It [doing extreme challenges] attracts like-minded people who want to get on board, that\u2019s the beauty of it.<\/p>\n

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Follow Ross\u2019s Great British Swim journey via live tracker at\u00a0RedBull.co.uk\/GreatBritishSwim and tune in to weekly vlogs at\u00a0youtube.com\/redbull<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seventy-four days into his epic 100+ day swim circumnavigating Great Britain, Ross Edgley is the only man in history to have swum so far, for so long. Speaking to Ross on the west coast of Scotland, we talk jellyfish, tongue loss and a severe case of rhino neck\u2026 Advertisement 220: Congratulations on setting a new…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}