The English Channel is still there

John Tierney retires from swim after ten hours

The English Channel remains the goal and after ten hours and 20 minutes I got back in the boat, writes John Tierney. As Freda Streeter repeatedly states, the swim is about 90% mental, the rest physical. 

A very grateful thank you to my crew of Kat, Mike B and Nick as well as observer Rory Fitzgerald and 'Optimist' boat pilot Paul Foreman and his crew of James and Dave. 

[John Tierney]