Not only has today’s guest taken on such feats as the Straits of Magellan and a multi day ultramarathon run across the Moroccan Sahara, but he’s taking initiative to raise water quality concerns with local officials. No one wants to swim through plastic, trash, drain overflow, not to mention sewage. What can you do to preserve your local waters, if […]
On August 22, 2019, Stephen Rouch set off from the East Side restaurant in Newport, Vermont and swam, not just the 25 miles across the Canadian border to the northern most tip of Lake Memphremagog, but after exiting the water on a beach in Magog, Quebec, he quickly got back in to start the return journey. Arriving back at his […]
Today I had the joy and pleasure of chatting with marathon swim support kayaker, Gary Golden. As swimmers we are trying to get to the bottom of why these volunteers sign themselves up to support marathon swimmers as they attempt to bust borders and cross lakes in what isn’t usually placid conditions. Wind, waves, and even rain are part of […]
A swimmer since childhood and Maltese representative in the Athens Olympics, Neil Agius always talked about swimming around Malta. Eventually his girlfriend got tired of him talking about it told him to either do it or quit bringing it up. His first epic marathon swim, Neil describes the feeling of completing the 70km circumnavigation of his home island as “intense”. […]
After my interview today with the esteemed, Ned Denison, I realized that I forgot to ask a few questions. One of my favorites, who’s inspired Ned. He sent me a list almost as long as his swimming resume. And why does he keep going? Ned’s a goal setter. “It gets me out of bed in the morning, and I sleep […]
Have you heard of Kingdom Swim? Imagine a blissful summer day in late July in the far reaches of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. The weekend kicks off with a swimmer and pet parade and a pasta feed. There’s a 1 mile swim. When you’re ready you can go a little further out into the lake for a 3 miles […]