Dry Run to the Farallons
Swift completes marathon row
in 2 hours, 53 minutes, 24.2 seconds
OAKLAND, CA, Jan. 13, 2007 – In the final 45 minutes, his face, wrists and ankles were a pasty white. His chin slumped onto his chest each time he pulled the handle into his torso, but Steve Swift celebrated his 54th birthday here today accomplishing his goal – completing a marathon row, 26 miles 385 yards, on an indoor rowing machine.
The event was hosted by Montclair Fitness, the small gym in the Oakland Hills where Swift has been doing his weight, aerobic and cardio training for the past year. Swift usually rows facing a blank wall, but Dave Bordessa, MF owner and personal trainer, moved the Concept2 Model C indoor rowing machine to the center of the circuit training room for Swift’s marathon attempt.
The time – 2 hours, 53 minutes, 24.2 seconds – was but a mere 16 seconds slower than Swift had aimed to achieve.
For the current rowing season, the finish places Swift among the Top 10 rowers in America in his age and weight category on the Concept2 web site.
Seven family members and friends cheered Swift through the final pulls on the stationary machine as he completed what he had named a Dry Run to the Farallons, referring to small the rocky islands in the Pacific Ocean west of San Francisco by 27 miles, slightly more than the marathon distance. (For the record, Steve trotted across the carpet to a treadmill after the ride and plodded the final figurative meters to the islands.)
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
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