The Big Wet One
Swimmers had three months to rack up 10km (6.2 miles), in one swim or as many as they needed. Finish the distance and you had an entry in the prize draw.
This one's finished. Get the app and find the next challenge in the Challenges feed.
10km. However you got there.
Every swim between Wed 14 Jan and Tue 14 Apr went towards one 10km total. Get there and you earned one entry into the prize draw.
Indoors or out, one big session or lots of small ones, it all counted. Each swim was tracked on a GPS fitness device and logged in the Harry's app with its distance, time, pace, heart rate and date.
48 swimmers. 549km in the water.
The target was 10km each, but the leaderboard tracked total distance, and the top swimmers went well past it. Here's who swam the furthest.
Top 3 men
- 1Tony T.23.20 km
- 2Noah B.19.70 km
- 3Dingo S.18.90 km
Top 3 women
- 1Vero S.121.8 km
- 2Rose F.45.20 km
- 3Peta F.11.80 km
Fresh swims only.
Every swim had to happen inside the challenge window, be tracked on a GPS device and be logged in the Harry's app. Any of these and the swim didn't count.
Swum before the challenge opened.
Didn't countNot tracked on a GPS fitness device.
Didn't countDistance, time or pace missing.
Didn't countNo heart rate or date on the activity.
Didn't countNo screenshot of the swim.
Didn't countTracking & Submission
- GPS fitness device: Apple Watch, Garmin, COROS and the like.
- Distance, time, pace, heart rate and the date of the swim all had to show.
- Upload a screenshot as proof. An activity link was preferred, so you could add a Strava link too.
- Issues? ethan@hardcoreharrys.com.au
Next time
The Big Wet One was free to enter with the Harry's Challenges app, and the app is free to download. Entry has closed, so grab the app and watch the Challenges feed for the next one.
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Participation is voluntary and at your own risk.
You confirm you are in good physical health and assume all liability for any injuries. Hardcore Harry's AU PTY LTD reserves the right to disqualify any entry that violates submission rules. Repeated violations may lead to removal from the challenge.What is a virtual distance challenge?
A virtual distance challenge gives you a big total to reach over weeks or months, and lets you get there however suits you. Every run, ride or swim you log adds to your tally until you hit the target.
The targets are often real journeys: a lap of an island, a famous crossing, the length of a canyon. It turns ordinary sessions on your local loop into progress toward something you'd never do in one go.
Because you can split the distance across as many sessions as you like, it fits around work and life. Little and often gets you there just as surely as a few huge days.
- Cumulative distance
- Your running total across every logged session.
- Challenge window
- The dates your sessions have to fall between to count.
- Target
- The total you need to reach to finish.
From download to the draw.
- 1
Download Harry's
Free on the App Store and Google Play.
- 2
Join the challenge
This one's finished, so find the next challenge in the Challenges feed and tap join.
- 3
Do it. Prove it.
Track it with your watch or a running app, then log it in the Harry's app with a screenshot or your Strava link.
- 4
Climb the board
Every entry goes on the leaderboard, and earns your shot at the prizes.
The Big Wet One challenge, explained.
More challenges like this.
Ready to get wet?
The Big Wet One is done, so download Harry's and watch the app for the next one.