American man swims entire length of Loch Lomond in just 12 hours.
An American professor has completed the lung-bursting feat of swimming the entire length of Loch Lomond - in just 12 hours.
The professor at the University of Louisville told Glasgow Live: "This was an opportunity to capture two records—the first American male to complete Loch Lomond and the oldest swimmer overall. "Once you enter the water, you either swim to the end, come what may, or you tap out and maybe have to wait another year for another chance. Hats off to a great crew and pilot for seeing me through.
"Lomond is also a storied loch in song and Scottish history. Attaching my name to such a place and its swimming tradition was irresistible."He said: "For a swim of this length, I knew I would have to train on a par with the kinds of preparations I had made for Tahoe and Windermere, as well as the English and Catalina Channels.
"In that sense, Loch Lomond was a relief—good clean water, relatively little traffic until later in the day, and I could leave all the navigation to Chris and her team. All I had to do was keep turning my shoulders over. What could be better than that?" "I kept thinking, if I can just make it to that buoy, I know I can make the last half mile. In reality I was already running on fumes and it seemed to take for ever just to reach the buoy, much less the last half mile.
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