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The Tampa Bay Marathon Swim Official Information

The Fifteenth Annual 24 Mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim will be held on Saturday, April 21, 2012. Entry forms are now available for DOWNLOAD>>>

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This 24 mile ultra-distance marathon swim race starts at the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and ends on the Courtney Campbell Causeway in Tampa in a race that covers the entire length of Tampa Bay. The event is held each year to celebrate Earth Day and the revitalization of Florida's largest estuary and is the longest race that is sanctioned by United States Masters Swimming.

For more information, contact:
The Tampa Bay Marathon Swim
Distance Matters, Inc.
Ron Collins, Race Director
PO Box 18004
Clearwater, FL 33762-9998
727.531.7999 | www.DistanceMatters.com
Email: Collins@tampabay.rr.com

Past Results   11 | 10 | 09 | 08 | 07 | 06 | 05 | 04 | 03 | 02 | 01 | 00 | 99 | 98

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With an emphasis on an even playing field for both swimmers and runners, the AQUATERRA Formula is a 1:4 ratio Swim to Run. The world record in the short course 1500 meter freestyle (swim) is 14:10. The world record in the indoor 1500 meter run is3:31. At their fastest, the runner would cover four times the distance of the swimmer in the same amount of time. By applying the AquaTerra Formula, the two Official AquaTerra Distances are the following: AT5K: Swim 1K/Run 4K; AT10K: Swim 2K/Run 8K. Our next event will be in June, 2012, and entry forms will be available on November 1st.

For more information, contact: The AquaTerra Clearwater Distance Matters, Inc. Ron Collins, Race Director PO Box 18004 Clearwater, FL 33762-9998 727.531.7999 | Email

Visit AquaTerra Clearwater on our Facebook page to connect with other participants, and to view multi-media from our event. Go There Now >>> Past Results   June 4, 2011(Inaugural Event)

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Press

Clearwater man makes a rare try for the triple crown of open water swimming - by Terry Tomalin of The St. Petersburg Times on September 2, 2010 Danger Always Lurks In The Ocean - by Steven Munatones of Daily News of Open Water Swimming on September 2, 2010 Catalina Channel relay swimmers launch a chilling first-time challenge - by Baxter Holmes of The Los Angeles Times Ron Collins' Catalina Attempt - video by Lynn Kubasek on September 1-2, 2010

English Channel Crossing, September, 2004

Swimming Everest - by Terry Tomalin of the St. Petersburg Times The 21-mile crossing of the English Channel is the open-water peak for challengers such as Ron Collins. They call it the Everest of open-water swimming. "It doesn't matter how many times you have swum around Manhattan or across Tampa Bay," Collins said a few days before he would attempt to add his name to the record book. "When it comes to long-distance swims, there is only one that matters and that is the English Channel." MORE>>>