Story · Swim
Plum Pudding
5.6 km
The crew that swam to an island in 1943.
5.6 km. Three and a half miles.
- It stands on
- 5000 m
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- The 5000 m swim
- Long swim
- About 1½ hours, 4 times in the last 10 weeks, at least once in the last 5 weeks
- Weekly training
- About 3½ hours on average over 6 weeks
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
The story
In 1943 PT-109 was sunk. Its crew swam 3.5 miles to an island, and the skipper, John F. Kennedy, towed a burned man by a strap in his teeth. Two Solomon Islander scouts, Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, found them. Source: US National Archives.
The ladder
- 500 m/
- 1000 m/
- 1500 m/
- 1900 m/
- 2500 m/
- 3000 m/
- 3800 m/
- 5000 m/
- Plum Pudding