1. In ten years, from 1985 – 95 she ran seven marathons and five ultra-marathons. She
ran across two states (Iowa and Illinois), six countries (France, Romania, Thailand, India,
Mexico, Iceland), and South America (Chile and Argentina).
2. She just turned 58 in November 2010 but is agelessly giddy.
3. Jennifer lives in Aspen, CO and trains in a pool at the Maroon Creek Club. “I like
training at altitude in the cold and snow,” she says.
4. She didn’t swim across the Atlantic. She completed three Atlantic Crossings, swimming daily for up to 8 hours a day, accompanied by “Jamie” a 42′ catamaran and a 5-person crew, including a rescue diver and a doctor.
5. Despite widespread erroneous reports, Jennifer Figge did not swim across the Atlantic
inside of a shark cage. The shark cage lasted all of one hour. She swam the rest of the
journey un-tethered to the boat with tremendous risk at being separated from them.
6. In 2009 during her first Atlantic Crossing, her longest consecutive swim was 28
nautical miles. To put that in perspective, the Ironman Triathlon distance is 2.4.
7. Jennifer’s dog Hank was a 150 pound Alaskan Malamute who wrote his own children’s book. He passed away in December and was 11 years old.
8. Jennifer’s son Alex is a professional racecar driver and accompanied his mom on her
swim from Tahiti to Moorea in 2004.
9. During her first Atlantic Crossing Jennifer swam in seas up to 30 feet and the only
way for her to be safely returned to the boat was with the assistance of a rescue diver
10. Jennifer is attempting to swim the Pacific from Cabo San Lucas to Hawaii in December 2010. It is her first time crossing the Pacific, but it will probably not be her last.
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