Swim 11 Miles Through Downtown Portland
Congratulations to all our 2022 swimmers, it was so wonderful to have you back! We hope you had as much fun as we did.
Final results are here:
2022 Overall
2022 Relay
2022 Women Overall
2022 Men Overall
2022 Women No Wetsuit
2022 Men No Wetsuit
2022 Women Wetsuit
2022 Men Wetsuit
… We hope to see you next year, when we will again be hosting the USMS National Championship Ultramarathon Distance event.
Have you ever wondered how finish times are impacted by river conditions?
Lord Root Beer*, the Portland Bridge Swim statistician, decided to explore that question for a school assignment. He found a strong correlation between finish times and the amount of time that swimmers faced an incoming tide. The data for solo swimmers without wetsuits are:
2011
Fastest time 4:19:10
Average time 5:26:06
Duration of incoming tide 3 hours, 42 minutes
2012
Fastest time 3:49:14
Average time 4:53:47
Duration of incoming tide 37 minutes
2013
Fastest time 4:11:09
Average time 5:05:31
Duration of incoming tide 1 hours, 32 minutes
2014 No finishers, race canceled
2015
Fastest time 3:37:20 (Eddie Switaj, current race record)
Average time 5:01:51
Duration of incoming tide 2 hours, 14 minutes
2016
Fastest time 4:16:44
Average time 5:13:42
Duration of incoming tide 3 hours, 7 minutes
2017
Fastest time 3:48:33
Average time 4:59:00
Duration of incoming tide 0 hours, 0 minutes
2018
Fastest time 3:58:04
Average time 5:29:13
Duration of incoming tide 3 hours, 26 minutes
Lord Root Beer predicts that this year, with 2 hours 49 minutes against the tide, the average race time should be around 5 hours, 11 minutes. Let’s see how we do!
*Not his real name
