Gordon Gridley

Gordon Gridley is an American marathon swimmer, observer and race director from Syracuse, Utah.

Open Water Swimming Career

• Gridley is the co-race director of the Great Salt Lake Open Water Marathon Swim and the Bear Lake Monster Swim together with Joshua Green.
• He conceived of the Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, a dual achievements of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and Ice Mile. He achieved the Frosted Triple Crown on 14 June 2014.
• He is a co-founder of the Wasatch Front Polar Bear Club.
• On 14 August 2010, he finished 2nd in the 16 km Deer Creek Marathon Swim in Utah in 4 hours 50 minutes 3 seconds at the age of 38.
• On 13 August 2011, he finished 2nd in the 16 km Deer Creek Marathon Swim in Utah in 4 hours 56 minutes 37 seconds at the age of 39.
• He swam 33.8 km across the English Channel from England to France in 11 hours 30 minutes on 10 August 2012 at the age of 40.
• On 18 May 2013, he completed a 10 km crossing of Lake Mead in Nevada in 2 hours 36 minutes 45 seconds at the age of 40.
• He completed an ice mile in December 2013 in Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA in 1.19°C water and 6°C air in 26:00. on 7 December 2013.
• He swam 32. km across the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 11 hours 50 minutes on 14 August 2013 at the age of 41.
• He completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with a 13th place in the 45.9 km Manhattan Island Marathon Swim on 14 June 2014 in 8 hours 10 minutes at the age of 42.
• He swam 21.7 miles across the Great Salt Lake in Utah in 10 hours 59 minutes in June 2011.

Gords Swim Log

In 1988, his high school swim coach, Robyn Masters, encouraged Gridley to keep a log of his swims, and ever since then he has done just that. He started with a notebook, and over the years converted those handwritten workouts on to his blog where he continues to log workouts, adventures, and personal rants about open water swimming.

Notable Swims

1. Blackrock to Whiterock Bay (Great Salt Lake)
2. Bear Lake Length (September 5, 2011)
3. English Channel (August 9, 2012)
4. Catalina Channel (August 14, 2013)
5. International Ice Swimming Association sanctioned Ice Mile (Dec 7, 2013)
6. Manhattan Island Marathon Swim (14 June 2014)

English Channel Swimming

Gordon Gridley coaching Chad Starks across the English Channel, produced by Kip Jensen of eBay

External links

• Open Water Swimmers Take It To The Extreme with Ice Miles, Channel Swims and Marathon Swims
• Jim Loreto Does Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
• Gordon Gridley Blog
• Gordon Gridley Sticks It Out
• It Took 72 Years
• Utah Open Water
• Open Water Swimming
• Self-serve Station At USMS Championships In Las Vegas
• Marathon Swimming
• Bear Lake Monster Swim
• Great Salt Lake Open Water Marathon Swim
• Salt, Flies, Pickled Tongues: A Perfect Great Salt Lake Swim
• Adam Mikulich Takes On The Great Salt Lake - Part 1
• Adam Mikulich Takes On The Great Salt Lake - Part 2
• Reeves Wills Himself To Victory In Great Salt Lake
• 8 Lakes, 9 Swimmers, 1 Eventful Day
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• How Do You Celebrate Your Channelversary?
• Gords Ice Mile
• William Reeves Sets Standard In Great Salt Lake
• Gordon Gridley's Triple Crown Completed
• Charlotte Brynn On Road To Completion
• Triple Crowners Showcase Their Fountain Of Youth - Age of Triple Crowners
• Salt Water Tip By Gordon Gridley
• Swimmers Are Bullish On A Bear Of A Swim
• Bear Lake Monster Swim
• Utah Open Water
• Great Salt Lake Open Water Marathon Swim
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Starkly Courageous Across Bear Lake
• Top (Ice) Milers In History
• Rostislav Vitek Breaks Ice Mile Record
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• International Ice Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• It Was A Bear Of A Swim
• When All Hell Breaks Loose In The Channel
• BTB - Coaching to Win - Swimming the English Channel
• Marathon Federation Swimmers bio
• Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
• Gordon Gridley's Ice Mile