It is difficult to comprehend how far 5.25 miles over sea is until you’ve been swimming in open water yourself.
Here’s a photo essay that might help:
Starting point:
Passing the Robert Moses State Bridge:
The Robert Moses State Bridge
Size reference: Here’s the Queen Mary 2 doing the same thing:
Past Sexton Island & Captree Island:
Long stretch across the Great South Bay:
Passing the Great South Bay Bridge:
Closing in to the finish line:
Here’s the course. I’m swimming from the bottom of the pic north:
