Story · Swim
Across the Cold War
4.3 km
From the US to the Soviet Union, in icy water.
4.3 km. Little Diomede to Big Diomede.
- It stands on
- 3800 m
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- The 3800 m swim
- Long swim
- About 1 hour 15 minutes, 4 times in the last 10 weeks, at least once in the last 5 weeks
- Weekly training
- About 3 hours on average over 6 weeks, with an hour of running or riding counting as 30 minutes
- Swimming itself
- At least 1 hour 45 minutes a week
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
The story
In 1987 Lynne Cox swam the Bering Strait between the two Diomede islands, from America to the Soviet Union, in water of 3 to 7 °C. Reagan and Gorbachev toasted her. Source: International Swimming Hall of Fame.
The ladder
- 500 m/
- 1000 m/
- 1500 m/
- 1900 m/
- 2500 m/
- 3000 m/
- 3800 m/
- Across the Cold War