Havana (ap)-marathon swim Diana Nyad wading through touch Saturday morning at the sea north of Cuba, the school, the same test jellyfish to the human body the limits of endurance, seeking to break his thirty years distance record.
The fans and the rest of the world's good intention person constantly updated Nyad social media assistant news releases. A series of scheduling describes an early, the pain of obstacles.
"Diana was hurting the we think is the moon jelly, she tried to remove their reach, and continue to swim, a Twitter message said."
Her team reports, she has been hurt his arms, her side, her face. Untie his, she spent one and a half hours of pedal water, replenish water, change in the beneficial don and suit the sea conditions before recovery, a new shirt.
"" this is terrible said:" (administrative procedures and close friend bonnie) stowe, said "then sing" but Diana is happy, it early, and she was still her strongest."
Nyad load on Friday evening, her second try in the months across 103 miles (166 kilometers), Cuba and Florida the sea, between wave farewell to jump off a building in Havana before man still coastal water, and then to the first foot swimming is on the horizon.
If she succeeded at the age of 62, Los Angeles women will be set up for the open water swim new record, no sharks cage. From the Bahamas Nyad in Florida a 102.5 miles (165 kilometers) swimming in the two years before the record.
She in Cuba the transit Florida last attempt failed, August 9,, due to a heavy asthma attacks from the water, forcing her breathing 29 hours after.
Just before she Hemingway this time, assistant binhai daub is on her shoulder, to prevent the plan of 60 hours journey of grease. Hot pot She take her fist in the air, her support team blew, waiting for the ship "joy, and vowed to be in her pursuit of life is always dream give everything.
"I know I want to cold, Nyad said." "I know I'm going to jellyfish and night various operation will be a long."
She admitted that, a bit more, the last time she left this the same dock uniforms.
Nyad said: "no, I was proud, but now through this has been so deep, disappointment, and I don't want what is the right thing to do,".
"This is not I don't want to enjoy every moment, carefully taste it, but it is no good, like, 'hey, I have income bursa, this is easy."
As the night wore on, about an hour and a half to swim, Nyad team sent a Twitter message, she is "strong".
Before jumping in, Nyad measure yourself, tips for 146 pounds of scale. She said she would lose about 15 pounds in the process of the journey. Her schedule so-called reach the Florida early Monday morning.
She wants what the calm sea and favorable weather is expected to continue into the weekend, she is called "magic window" advantage.
Her previous attempt last month, after a failed Nyad swore will have to repeat, but she joked earlier on Friday, no one believed her.
"Don't listen to athletes, they say," she said.
Her first try to cross as a 28, back to Florida in 1978, when she swims the channel about 42 hours before the end of the steel shark cage to try.
Nyad denied her last try and her age, said she can through the stormy sea and "unbearable" shoulder pain fight. But she did not expect the 11 hours of asthma attacks, and she went to her has never used drug reaction accused. She said, asthma she waving like a dying water "."
Even if these problems, she made about 50 miles.
In subsequent weeks, she concluded that suspended try, is not so much as a rehearsal for failure, a training plan, which include a heap of a short swim accident, but necessary component.
"Asthma, I spent down, but ironically, 29 hours swimming, like a very, very expensive training swimming, said:" Nyad and earlier this year, estimates, it cost $500000, and let her first attempt.
"I better shape., I more than ever on the preparation," she added.
If not a protective covering, Nyad depend on special equipment, with current awareness around her to humans, but strong enough to keep in the gulf most sharks. Canoe athletes also shift away from any product gently together through the.
To pass the length of the place, and will not be allowed to touch Nyad to ship, if record count. Her team also can't help her actual through her food, medicines, a new swimsuit, etc.
She will try to keep eating peanut butter sandwich and pasta dishes like her energy, and said she singing the beatles, Bob dylan and janis QiaoPuLin songs, in her head let her heart occupied, especially at night,.
"I've never-it is in big is a rules-I never expect up, because it's very depressed, to see no light on the horizon, what all have no, I never asked my coach here in the ship is when or," is our almost. ?"Nyad said." They want to tell me, when we about 10 hour. "




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