1:12/100m For 4 Hours!

Andy Donaldson is a 3-time world record holder and held 1:12/100m for 4.5 hours crossing the Cook Straight in New Zealand. See the full video for HOW he did it

[TheFinav]

Can’t imagine that. But I can imagine swimming at 2:12/100m for 2 minutes and 12 seconds.

[uramawa]

Every breath you take
And every move you make
I'll be watching you. Nice technique!

[kappeyne]

This is Andy Donaldson, one of the current top long distance swimmers in the world. A really nice bloke too. The host of Effortless Swimming interviews him in a longer YouTube vignette. Very worthwhile if you want to improve your technique and efficiency.

[joeekaps]

No way! So in a 25 meter pool that's a 18 second every length. 50 meter pool= 36 seconds each length. Imagine continually keeping that pace for 4 hours 😮

[GlennHanna]

In my mind I'm thinking this is what I look like, until I check my time and it says 2:45/100m

[baba]

100M with multiple breaks for me - Imagine that

[TheOgi]

Which camera or color profile do you use?
Looks awesome.

[hatchegg]

This rotation thing, is it ok to rotate more to the side you breathe? I find it hard to get even rotation on both sides

[oliverbui]

I’d be happy to swim freestyle at any pace for more than one lap 😂

[teresmajor]

Hardest thing for me is to keep the sync of my feet once I breathe.

[Master-wqdt]

What is happening to the fingers of the left hand?

[leedittbenner]

What set-up motion picture camera equipments is before Andy capturing this swimmer

[muthukrishnancontacts]

No way . At this rate he should cover 20 km in 4 hours, i.e. 5 km per hour. Is it possible .

[sjdj]

Well the 1:12/100 for 4 hrs was the Cook Straight not in a pool everyone.

[wandalittle]

I did 50m in 2 and counting. You must be in the best shape ever

[daniqm]

That's incredible. Perfect technique

[OGIMxGaMeR]

I thought was wrong to have the elbow the same height as the hand? Shouldn't it directly go drag water instead of extending the arm?

[eis_baer]

perfect example of your YT name "effortless swimming" taken to the extreme... really cool guy.

[noelleng]

Wait! Does it include dolphin kick at the start and at every flipturn? I can’t imagine 1:12/100m w/o dolphine kicks.

[garrimeyers]

Don‘t eliminate the pause at the front of his stroke 😉