Swimming tests the body and the mind like few other sports. Hours in cold, open water leave you alone with your thoughts. London Real has spoken to athletes who have pushed the sport to its limits, from the first person to swim around Great Britain to an Ironman world record holder and a big-wave surfing pioneer. They talk about training, pain, recovery and the mental tricks that keep them going when the body wants to stop. Every full interview is free to watch.
From Great British Swim record-breaker Ross Edgley and three-time British Olympian Tim Don to big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton, Aquafun founder Ahmed Ben Chaibah and former Navy SEAL David Goggins: what it takes to keep going in the water and beyond.
In 2018 Ross Edgley became the first person to swim around Great Britain, covering about 1,780 miles in 157 days. In The Great British Swim he describes the physical and mental challenges of the record and the mindset it took to finish. In World’s Fittest Strongman he explains why he takes on such extreme challenges, the mind games needed to get to the end of a race and what you can learn from defeat. The Real Journeys episode brings him together with David Goggins, Dorian Yates and Eddie Hall to ask why most people quit at 40% of their capacity.
Tim Don, a three-time British Olympian and world champion in triathlon and duathlon, set a new Ironman world record in Brazil in 2017. Months later, just before the Ironman World Championship, a car turned in front of his bike and he broke his neck. He explains how he recovered with the help of a Halo device. Laird Hamilton, the big-wave surfer and inventor, talks about changing water sports forever. Ahmed Ben Chaibah, the man behind the Aquafun inflatable water park, shares his views on self-belief and a relentless work ethic.
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Who has London Real interviewed about swimming? Brian Rose has interviewed Ross Edgley, Tim Don, Laird Hamilton and Ahmed Ben Chaibah, and features David Goggins, Dorian Yates and Eddie Hall in a Real Journeys episode on endurance.
Did Ross Edgley really swim around Great Britain? Yes. In 2018 he became the first person to swim around Great Britain, spending 157 days at sea. He talks about it in The Great British Swim.
Are the full swimming episodes free to watch? Yes. Every full-length interview on this page can be watched free on londonreal.tv.
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