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Olympian and gold medalist and cancer survivor swimming 200K LIVE!
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So while Ashley Horner is taking a break from her 50/50 challenge, all you Slowtwitchers might want to follow this guy: Maarten van der Weijden, former olympian, 10 K ows gold medal winner of the Olympics in 2008. He is swiming 200 K continuously, following the course of the very famous (at least for the Dutch) 11 Cities Tour.
Being a cancer survivor, he is raising money for research in the battle against cancer.
This whole thing is broadcasted live on Youtube right now: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xFxjEl4gn5Y
So everyone can leave their comments about stroke rate, swim pace, drafting, whether or not he’s cutting corners, fuel strategy etc (pink).
Have fun watching!
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Re: Olympian and gold medalist and cancer survivor swimming 200K LIVE! [IronTED] [ In reply to ]
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Is he going to stop half way and bust out some deadlifts and squats, I’d imagine his body would be craving it after the first 100ks...
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Re: Olympian and gold medalist and cancer survivor swimming 200K LIVE! [IronTED] [ In reply to ]
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Live 360° footage of Maarten vd Weijden.
'English' version of NOS article.
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fnos.nl%2Fartikel%2F2246542-it-giet-oan-van-der-weijden-komt-door-in-sneek.html&edit-text=&act=url
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Re: Olympian and gold medalist and cancer survivor swimming 200K LIVE! [fritsiexx] [ In reply to ]
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Cool! Didn’t know how this worked. Thanks!

He has been swimming for more than 7 hours now and covered around 30 km. Still looking very smooth
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Re: Olympian and gold medalist and cancer survivor swimming 200K LIVE! [IronTED] [ In reply to ]
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Incredible swim.

What is the water quality on those canals?
Last edited by: Sanuk: Aug 18, 18 2:48
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Re: Olympian and gold medalist and cancer survivor swimming 200K LIVE! [Sanuk] [ In reply to ]
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Waterquality is poor: There is E.coli bacteria present, that's why the amateur swimmers were not allowed to join him on parts of his journey.
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Re: Olympian and gold medalist and cancer survivor swimming 200K LIVE! [IronTED] [ In reply to ]
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https://www.11stedenzwemtocht.nl/live/

This website shows an overview of the course and covered distance. Updates every 5 minutes.
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Re: Olympian and gold medalist and cancer survivor swimming 200K LIVE! [IronTED] [ In reply to ]
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This is amazing. He seemed to take a detour around Sneek - but the distance covered is Epic! Hats off for the challenge and hoping it all ends well!

He who understands the WHY, will understand the HOW.
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Re: Olympian and gold medalist and cancer survivor swimming 200K LIVE! [IronTED] [ In reply to ]
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Thanks for posting. This is well worth following.
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Re: Olympian and gold medalist and cancer survivor swimming 200K LIVE! [satanellus] [ In reply to ]
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beast
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