Craig Lenning joined yet another exclusive club of marathon swimming today after a courageous cold-water swim in a northernly clime.

Previously a member of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, Craig is now a member of the North Channel club, one of the most exclusive and notoriously difficult fraternities in the open water swimming world to join. Craig started his swim at 7:23 am in Ireland and walked up on the Scotland shore 14 hours and 44 minutes later. The water temperature started at 11.8°C.

From the warm waters of Tampa Bay and the placid Pacific Ocean waters in Catalina to the river flows around Manhattan Island and the English Channel, Craig keeps adding to his impressive marathon swimming resume.

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