Extraordinary Marathon Century Club
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Kevin Murphy, an Honor Open Water Swimmer in the International Swimming Hall of Fame and Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, is a Marathon Centurion
Mike Read, a 74-year-old International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee at the 16 km Faros Maratón professional marathon swim in Croatia in 2015 is a Marathon Centurion
noun - The Extraordinary Marathon Century Club includes marathon swimmers who have completed 100 or more different marathon swims of various types over the course of their career - otherwise known as Marathon Centurions. The marathon swim can be defined either as an established open water swim at least 10 km in distance organized by an established governing body or race organization or a one-off solo swim (e.g., point-to-point swim, channel swim, circumnavigation swim, river swim, out-and-back swim, etc.
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Requirements
- Swims must be 10 km minimum distance
- Swims must include a minimum of 25 recognized swims that are 25 km or longer in distance
- Swims must include a minimum of 50 recognized swims that are 16 km or longer in distance
- A minimum of 80 swims must be accomplished on different courses (i.e., multiple crossings of the same course do not meet the varied criteria)
- Wearing of wetsuits, neoprene swim caps or tech suits or compression swimwear is not accepted unless the swimmer is in an official FINA event such as a FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series race, a FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series race, a FINA World Championships race, or the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim.
- Use of swim aids such a hand paddles, pull buoys or fins are not accepted
- Training swims or a swim of more than two legs are generally not accepted except in exceptional circumstances
Swimmers who may have accomplished this
- Kevin Murphy, dual inductee in the International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Mike Read, dual inductee in the International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Irene van der Laan, dual inductee in the International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Gerald Forsberg, dual inductee in the International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Vojislav Mijic, inductee in the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Ernest Vierkoetter, inductee in the International Swimming Hall of Fame
It is hoped that one or more will offer a list of swims to meet the criteria.
Aspiring Swimmers
- Ned Denison 55 marathons
- Joe Zemaitis 108 marathons (80 were on different courses and 28 of the swims have been over 25K)
Origin
Ned Denison coined the term in December 2019.
