prop bets,,im maD MASSIVE UPDATE

[Tractor]

Great prop bet, any chance of a live web stream

[sofa----king]

Great prop bet, any chance of a live web stream

we were talking of this but we could lose signal,int conection very slow here,,we are going to see the radio guys tomorrow and they were talking of a live stream like big brother lol.,.,
im starting to have doubts lol
today i swam 120 lenghts of my pool  in 2 hours and i was fooked hehe.,.,

[Rooky9]

Is it April 1st or something?

[sofa----king]

nope we are only 2hours ahead in cyprus.,.,

[ItsMrAlex2u]

You have $500 staked from me and if you do it then fair bl00dy play to you. You sure you aint using one of them water jet things?

[AndrewT]

James, do you still have your, er, swimmer's physique or have you let yourself go since going to Cyprus?

[Hairydude]

whats the angle??? are you swimming each leg individually- i.e swimming 1 leg of the trip one day-stopping for a few days then doing the next leg etc??

[ItsMrAlex2u]

has it ever been done?

[Rooky9]

How big are these flippers?!! I'd say an average of 3 or 4 miles an hour tops, for about 5 hours max. The key thing is this,

whats the angle??? are you swimming each leg individually- i.e swimming 1 leg of the trip one day-stopping for a few days then doing the next leg etc??

though surely it just wouldnt even be considered to do it one go! I'd stake my life on the impossibility of doing it in pretty much one go.

Few more details on the timescale for when it'll happen and the timetable for doing it.

[Hairydude]

I was thinking that myself but thats why I think there must be an angle- I could probably swim 400 miles in 96 hours total and I'm crap-just swim a mile a day and be done in just over a year- no need to work with a safe $100,000 in the bank for a wee bit of work a day

[Rooky9]

Swiming is harder than walking. I couldnt walk 400 miles in four days. the muscle pain would be too much and there isn't a really a cardio element with it.

A 100m sprinter reaches about 23mph at his top speed.

I'm thinking the worlds fastest swimmer would still take 11 minutes a mile - meaning an average of about 5.5 miles an hour - and that is using a sprint swimmer not a long distance one.

This is absolutely impossible.

[Woodsey]

Even elite swimmers when talking about much training they have done, often refer distances around the 100 miles/week mark. I suggest you give yourself more in the region of 3-4 weeks and be in amazing shape to even give yourself a chance of finishing.

[sofa----king]

you are giving me doubts ,.,.,but it is a massive diffrence with flippers/gloves on.,.,
 as to 4 days it is four days in the same week consecutive.,.,whos in for the money then??ive had a few pm's,
what  i have said is true aprox 400 miles in 4 days e.g  1st tue 2nd wed 3rd thur 4th fri.,. of july 2008 weather permitting these days,,,the longest leg ive  done in practice was 36 miles against the wind in 12 hoursan average of 3 miles per hour.,.,my big concern is the weather,,it could really go aginst me if the wind changes against me.,.,but if wind behind it wont make a massive diffrence,,,

[Colchester Kev]

sofa, you couldnt swim the length of your bath ya big mug !!

Spoke to Ouday sunday, we are gonna come to cyprus and drag you back to the UK, you are obv suffering from sunstroke.

[sofa----king]

James, do you still have your, er, swimmer's physique or have you let yourself go since going to Cyprus?

i arrived in cyprus 21 stone 5 pounds i am now 20 stone and fit i think.,.,i have a very good pain threshold and i have been having doubts for the last few weeks.,.,i thought i would come on here and it would cheer me up.,.,its made it worse lol.,.,