Charles Bender swim

OWnewbie

Anyone doing the Charles Bender swim? I’m going for the 8 miler.

A little intimidated by the 2nd half going against the current. Any advice? Start training with a parachute?

ruth

I'm not doing it this year but I've done it three times in the past. It's a great swim, the best value-for-money in the game.

My advice is to pay attention to the pre-race briefing about the location of the channel for the upriver portion of the swim. it's the hardest stretch of the swim, right at the end. There's a relatively narrow stretch that's deep enough for swimming, but it should be marked with buoys.

Otherwise when you're swimming upstream, hug the river bank as close as you can!