Neil Agius establishes new Longest Ocean Swim record
Pending review, a new world record for Longest Unassisted Ocean Swim has likely been established.
Congratulations to Neil Agius,...
3 Questions for: Sarah Thomas
3 Questions is a new series of Q&A text-interviews with interesting people in ultraswimming (a.k.a. solo marathon swimming). For the first episode...
What is Open Water Swimming? A 1993 time capsule
In 1993, Open Water Swimming was an unknown backwater in the landscape of competitive swimming. A year after charismatic pool stars like...
Infinite Possibilities
A map commissioned by Infinity Channel Swimming, displaying the distinct routes they have piloted over the last few years. Top to bottom:...
New marathon swim documentary – RIO
Marathon swimmer Anthony McCarley stars in a new documentary film - RIO - portraying the 60-year old's attempt to become the first...
Measuring the distance of the English Channel swim
The second in our series of video demonstrations of marathon swim route distance measurement in Google Maps tackles the most famous of...
A rare swim repeated, 33 years later
In August 1987, Sharon Miller (Price) became the 3rd person to swim from Eddystone Rocks & Lighthouse back to the coast of...
Video: Measuring swim route distance in a river
Open water swimming distances are measured by the shortest swimmable path between the start and finish. The easiest way to do this...
2021 MSF Photo Calendar now available
We are proud to announce the seventh annual MSF Photo Calendar, featuring images from Brazil, Hong Kong, Romania, St. Lucia, Scotland, Northern...
MSF Service to Marathon Swimming Award, 2019-20 – Phil White
The recipient of the 2019-2020 MSF Service to Marathon Swimming Award, recognizing outstanding contributions to the sport in a non-swimming role, is...