Gotta admire the determination

It took this 56-year old lady, Jackie Cobell, 28 hours to cross the English Channel (swimming, of course, not by the Chunnel train). That takes a lot of willpower; I always wonder how these long-distance swimmers keep their mouths from drying out in salt water. The most I ever lasted in pure seawater was about an hour, and that wasn't fun, taste- or tummy-wise.

One of the most amazing things about it was that she traveled 65 miles. A lot of that was tide pushing and pulling her, but she still had to swim quite a long way.

Slowest-ever English Channel crossing