Janine Serell’s Marathon Swim Story

Finding joy, fighting the current, social swimming, and so much more! Catch the replay of Marathon Swim Stories with Janine Serell! In her own words: Janine is an adult onset swimmer, who started at age 47 with 1 mile in the Hudson River and hasn’t stopped jumping in with a smile on her face since.  She has completed many swims […]

Elaine Howley’s Marathon Swim Story

Have you ever wondered why swimmers swim marathons? How they handle hard situations? What motivates them to keep going? Catch the replay of Marathon Swim Stories with Elaine Howley! In her own words: Elaine K. Howley is a life-long swimmer who began marathon swimming in 2006 with the 8-mile Boston Light Swim. She has since completed the Triple Crown of […]

Suzie Dods’ Marathon Swim Story

Enjoy the replay of Marathon Swim Stories with Suzie Dods, where we talk about not being able to sleep after a long swim, the importance of your crew, training tips, and so much more! In her own words: Suzie is a 60 year old swimmer, Triple Crown Swimmer, and founder of the 24 Hour Relay in San Francisco.

Molly Nance’s Marathon Swim Story

Enjoy the replay of Marathon Swim Stories where Molly tells us about training for channel swims in the pool, wanting to quit, staying in the moment, open water swimming as a metaphor for life, and so much more! In her own words: Molly Nance is a marathon open water swimmer from Lincoln, Nebraska. Her major swims include the 36-mile END_WET […]

Mark Spratt’s Marathon Swim Story

Enjoy the replay of Virtual “Swim” Practice with Mark Spratt where we talk about Mark’s huge resume of swims, racing instead of training, when you swear that you’ll never do another marathon swim and then you realize that you’ve done 43! Handling that point that you want to quit, and so much more! In his own word: Swimming has been […]

Christopher Graefe’s Marathon Swim Story

Enjoy the redux of Virtual Swim Practice on April 15, 2020 where I brought Christopher Graefe back for a personal interview (due to connection difficulties on April 14). We talked about Chris’ return to swimming after a 20 year hiatus, swimming success, why it’s a good idea to stop sometimes, and our love of the open water community. In his […]

Kate Howell’s Marathon Swim Story

Enjoy the replay from Virtual Swim Practice on April 9th, 2020, when we talked with Kate Howell about crazy swim adventures, staying calm in stressful situations, contentment in quarantine with a baby, and tips for building habits that encourage you to do your PT! In her own words: Kate Howell is a California native and a Physical Therapist that lives […]

Louise Darlington’s Marathon Swim Story

In this, our second episode of what was then called: Virtual Swim Practice, from waaaay back in April 2020, a small group of us gathered to talk about how we missed swimming. This was in the early days of the pandemic, but Louise’s message of grieving, handling hard situations, getting community, setting goals, and the essence of these times: training […]

Daniela Klaz’s Marathon Swim Story

On April 2, 2020 a small group of marathon swimmers gathered to listen as Daniela Klaz regaled us with tales of swimming and coaching in Boston and her first experiences open water swimming. At the time we called it Virtual Swim Practice, but it was soon renamed Marathon Swim Stories. Daniela Klaz describes herself as a tall swimmer who likes […]