NAME: David Rich

HOMETOWN: San Francisco, CA

WHY DID YOU SIGN UP FOR BLS? To swim the oldest open water marathon in the country. Too cool!

WHO IS YOUR PILOT AND CREW? Mike Murphy will be my pilot, and Noelle Rich will be my crew.

WHERE ARE YOU SWIMMING FOR YOUR BLS TRAINING? San Francisco Bay

SWIMMING FUN FACT: I just swam from Finland to Sweden across the Arctic Circle, and back in time. Finland is an hour ahead of Sweden. We started the race early Sunday morning in Finland and completed the swim Saturday before midnight in Sweden, the day before the race started (see my picture with the clock reads 11:45pm!

ANYTHING ELSE? I love meeting other adventurous open water swimmers who share the same passion!