Titanflexr wrote:
10k+ swims are probably mostly done by amateurs who have a significant swimming background (highschool/college). Unlike a lot of marathons (or 70.3s) that have a significant population of bucket list one-and-done types dragging down the averages (ex. 6-8hr. runners for 42k).When I started to do marathon swimming I thought about swimming 10 km being the same as running a marathon which has a significant population as a bucket list item as well, but unfortunately I don't know anyone doing that apart from those regular long term swimmers who I can't catch up.