58.4km swim in 15h23min or 1:35min/100m, First person to ever swim from New Norfolk to Bruny Island | Anton Ilchenko

Anton was the first person to ever swim from New Norfolk to Bruny Island in Tasmania. He accomplished this in 15h23min with a pace of 1:35min/100m.

We spoke about his journey towards this challenge, including his intense training route, cold training exposure, and performance mindset as well as about the swim in itself, of course.

Tune in to learn more about swimming training and to be inspired by this great athlete with such a positive and strong mindset.

Chapters:

(00:00) Opening

(02:51) Swimming journey

(09:34) Training volume

(16:57) Nutrition in training

(20:01) Training routine

(30:09) Cold exposure training

(36:57) The 58km swim

(50:20) Mindset & Mental Training

(01:00:24) Hardest part about the swim

(01:04:55) Arriving at the coast

(01:10:06) Learnings from the swim

(01:14:45) Advice for novice swimmers

(01:21:32) Fire questions

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