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8 Bridges Hudson River Swim

7 days | 7 stages | 120 miles

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    • 8 Bridges Stage 4 – On Failure
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    • Feeding the marathon swimmer
    • A Canadian’s perspective of 8 Bridges
    • Stage 6: Tappan Zee to George Washington Bridge – 15.7 miles
    • Stage 5: ’The Beast’ – Bear Mountain to Tappan Zee Bridge, 19.8 miles.
    • A “short dip”
    • The support teams
    • Stage 4: Newburgh-Beacon Bridge to Bear Mountain Bridge 15.2 Miles
    • Stage 3: The Short Stage
    • Pictures from Stages 1 and 2
    • Friday, Stage 2: From the Wheelhouse
    • Stage 2 Kingston-Rhinecliff 198 Miles: ‘The Bitch’
    • What motivates swimmers to take part in 8 Bridges?
    • Stage 1: All Action
    • A Love Affair
    • The time has come
    • How do swimmers train and prepare for 8 Bridges?
    • Introducing the 2017 8 Bridges Swimmers
    • Why Do I Swim Today?
    • First Swim, 1st Stage – Rip Van Winkle Br. to Kingston Rhinecliff Br.
    • LET’S SWIM! ENDLESS SWIMS! DENSE SWIRLS
    • Through the Eyes of a Kayaker
    • Take Me To The River
    • you can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water
    • Monday Monday
    • How to Deal With “Swim Brain”
    • picture this….
    • The Journey – Final Thoughts
    • The Adjustment
    • What an Adventure
    • The final stages…
    • Stage 7 – 18.1 Miles
    • Stage 6 – 15.7 Miles
    • My Shadow! My Very Own Shadow!
    • Stage 5 – 19.8 Miles
    • Stage 5, and a surprise…
    • Metaphors…
    • Stage 4 – 15.2 Miles
    • Stage 3 – 13.2 Miles
    • Relentless…
    • The Goal Must Change
    • STAGE 2 – 19.8 Miles
    • STAGE 1 – 18.3 Miles
    • Before…
    • Tasting the Hudson
    • Not the Triumph, but the Struggle
    • All 8 Bridges
    • Wind SSW
    • Key to success
    • Jumping in to Stage 1
    • Grace breaks the Catalina Chanel Record
    • Bannerman’s Return Tour (Test 2)
    • Planning…
    • Bannerman’s Island 10K
    • A Canadian’s perspective of 8 Bridges
    • Grace’s thoughts on 8 Bridges
    • We finished! 7 days, 7 stages, 120 miles
    • Stage 7 is here
    • Wind against current
    • Stage 6 has 6 chicks
    • Over the hump
    • Preview to Stage 5
    • Stage 4 recap
    • Swimming Stage 2
    • The Stage 4 line-up
    • The sun came out
    • Wind and current
    • The fun has begun
    • Dining on the Hudson
    • Elephants
    • Christmas in June
    • Countdown to 8 Bridges
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A Canadian’s perspective of 8 Bridges

Here’s a write up about 8 Bridges from Lisa Neidrauer on the LOST or Lake Ontario Swim Team webpage. Lisa not only swam Stage 2, one of the tougher stages of 20 miles,  she kept all the swimmers and kayakers organized on the water all the other days.

Posted on July 11, 2012Author Rondi

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