by I watched and sobbed as Diana Nyad swam the last two miles. Yeah, thanks a heap for overshadowing my recent victory, Diana. (Kidding.) They just showed her first few words on CNN!! Oh good god, talk about determination. Her face is burnt to a crisp and swollen, her lips are also burnt and swollen. This is her 5th attempt since she was 29. She just kept trying and trying.
I think it’s important to note that this is one exercise you can really do at 64, and older. But accomplish this sort of feat? Did she stop and drink? And eat? I know I’m always very thirsty after swimming for an hour and she swam for … oh for the love of god … 53. Fifty-freaking-three straight hours of swimming. Yup. Another alien.
I took this walking back from the movies last night. This is looking uptown from 7th Avenue and Houston Street (where my pool is, coincidentally).
She is incredible – I heard on the news today that she is going to swim in a pool in Herald Square for something like 50 hours straight in Oct. Good God – what a superwoman.
Sorry it was 48 hours not 50.
I don’t even know how someone stays awake for 53 hours. I just don’t get it. Definitely an alien.
Haha. And good point about who even stays awake that long????? Much less swim across and ocean.
Karen, thanks for telling me, I will stop by and cheer her on!