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7-year-old swims froms Alcatraz to San Francisco

You know what the problem with kids is today?  They’re making the rest of us look bad.  In march, a  10-year-old kid bowled a perfect game in league play and now a 7-year-old boy has swam from Alcatraz to San Francisco in 47 minutes.

Braxton Bilbrey read about a 9-year-old who accomplished the feat and wanted to do it himself. His coach said he’s just an average kid but had “the determination and mental toughness to swim cold, dark, choppy water” and trained for 2 hours a day, 4 times a week.  Meanwhile, this is what most of us were doing at age 7.

Links:
[SF Gate]: Boy, 7, swims from Alcatraz to SF
[AZ Central]: Alcatraz breakout: Boy seeks record

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3 replies on “7-year-old swims froms Alcatraz to San Francisco”

slight difference — between swimming across your kiddie pool and the bay.

mark spitz — When asked what the hardest part was (about the swim) he replied, “the swimming.”

No truth to the rumor that his full reply was actually, ” the swimming, obviously, you douche bag.”

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