Buck Dawson, director of the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Florida, introduced Nyad to marathon swimming in her teens and she began training at his camp. She set a woman's world record of 4 hours and 22 minutes in her first race, a 10-mile swim in Lake Ontario in July of 1970.
Nyad then begin swimming solo marathons. In 1974, she attempted a two-way crossing of Lake Ontario, 32 miles in each direction. After crossing successfully in 18 hours and 20 minutes, Nyad lost consciousness on the return swim and had to be pulled out of the water.
Nyad set a world distance record by swimming 89 miles from the Bahamas to Florida in 27 hours, 38 minutes in 1978 and a year later she made the longest swim in history, 102.5 miles from Bimini to Florida.
Nyad then retired from marathon swimming. She wrote a book about her experiences called Other Shores.
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