Story · Swim
Thames at 14
8 km
Five miles down the Thames, at fourteen.
Eight kilometres. London Bridge to Greenwich.
- It stands on
- 7500 m
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- The 7500 m swim
- Long swim
- About 1 hour 45 minutes, 4 times in the last 10 weeks, at least once in the last 5 weeks
- Weekly training
- About 4½ hours on average over 6 weeks, with an hour of running or riding counting as 30 minutes
- Swimming itself
- At least 4 hours a week
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
The story
In 1875 Agnes Beckwith, aged 14, swam five miles from London Bridge to Greenwich.
The ladder
- 500 m/
- 1000 m/
- 1500 m/
- 1900 m/
- 2500 m/
- 3000 m/
- 3800 m/
- 5000 m/
- 7500 m/
- Thames at 14