The Tampa Bay Marathon Swim Official Information

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Hi all,

Well, just 32 days to go until the 38k Tampa Bay Marathon Swim!… yikes.  They’ve posted all the solo entrants (below) and there are 3 relays as well (including LOSTie Ted Gregory’s team!).  Starting to seem real… and get scary!

Cheers,

Rob

Tampa Bay Marathon Swim

The Fifteenth Annual 24 Mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim will be held on Saturday, April 21, 2012.

This 24 mile ultra-distance marathon swim race starts at the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and ends on the Courtney Campbell Causeway in Tampa, in a race that covers the entire length of Tampa Bay.

Here are the 16 solo swimmers, and the 3 relay teams that have entered the race:

SWIMMER, AGE, HOMETOWN
Brad Denton, 48M, Scottsdale, AZ
Chris Burke, 50M, St. Petersburg, FL
Greg Larson, 43M, San Rafael, CA
Sarah Thomas, 29F, Englewood, CO
Rob Kent, 47M, Oakville, Ontario
Dan Boyle, 46M, New York, NY
Mark Smitherman, 53M, Clearwater, FL
Katie Brooks, 23F, Asheville, NC
Patti Bauernfeind, 44F, Dublin, CA
Tibor Molnar, 19M, Shelton, CT
Mauro Giancona, 40M, Palermo, Italy
Bart Cobb, 57M, Tampa, FL
Alan Barry, 48M, Asheville, NC
Pat Marzulli, 63M, Indian Rocks Beach, FL
Steve Gruenwald, 50M, Anchorage, AK
Arnie Bellini, 53M, Tampa, FL

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I founded LOST Swimming because I like open water swimming and would like to see it grow and thrive in Lake Ontario. I started as a competitive swimmer as a kid and ended up getting as far as a silver medal at Nationals and going to the Olympic Trials in 1988. But I retired after that, I was sick of swimming. So I got into running marathons and have run over 35 to date, as well as a few ultra marathons, including the Marathon des Sables (7 day, ultra across the Sahara Desert). I also kind of fell into triathlons and have done a handful of Ironman tri's too. This gradually got me back in the water and in 2006 I took the plunge and attempted swimming the English Channel. I didn't quite make it across, but the circle was now complete and after 17 years I was a swimmer again! Although I still do plenty of pool swimming, I now much prefer open water swimming and like to say that open water swimming is to pool swimming, what trail running is to treadmill running! As a result I hope to encourage more people to join me for a dip in Lake Ontario as often as we can!

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