Would You Swim the English Channel?
What starts as a conversation about whether we'd ever run Badwater quickly turns into designing some of the most ridiculous endurance events imaginable.This week on Free Inside, we debate extreme ultramarathons, Allison's lifelong dream of swimming the English Channel, why long-distance swimming might be the world's worst spectator sport, and how we would completely redesign track and field if anyone were foolish enough to let us.Along the way we cover:Badwater 135, Arrowhead 135, and other extreme endurance racesOpen-water swimming, the English Channel, and Alcatraz swimsThe Travis Walton…
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