An endurance enthusiast, Mary Stella came to marathon swimming by way of endurance triathlon. No stranger to suffering for 14 or 16 hours at a stretch, Mary isn’t sure she’s proud of her swimming accomplishments… perhaps she just hasn’t swam long enough yet! Coming to prefer the sensory deprivation of the water environment, it’s the suffering she’s really after. Truly… […]
In this, the first of a four part series, we joined Jia Jung on her journey to swim under the 20 Bridges, around Manhattan island. Long time resident and 14 times crew, Jia is no stranger to the bridge swim. And while Jia is thinking of her training as unconventional – perhaps in the circles she runs in, it’s sounds […]
Today we found out more about how Stephen Rouch, who was the subject of my first Deep Dive Marathon Swim Story episode back in January, gained confidence to go for a 50 mile double crossing of Lake Memphremagog in 2019. If you haven’t heard it, be sure to listen to or watch the retelling of Stephen’s big swim! A childhood […]
When I heard about and saw pictures of Jaimie Monahan’s 70km swim the length of Lake Geneva in 2015, I started researching the possibility. Then I came to find out that I was pregnant in early 2016 – plans shifted, to say the least. So when Jaimie reached out to me a little over a month ago offering to relive […]
Whoever said it was down hill after 40 is clearly missing out. Pat Gallant-Charette, discovered a love of open water and a gift for endurance mid life she’s determined to make each moment count. Somewhere between taking care of her grand kids, tapping her maple trees, canning Boston baked beans, and general Maine home steading, Pat finds time to train […]
I just loved my conversation today with endurance athlete and cartoonist, Jef Mallet, the creator of Frazz. Have you ever called yourself and your proclivity to signing up for long swims, “crazy” or “stupid”? The tendency to be self deprecating is common. But, Jef and I maintain that we are curious people who are trying to find out what we’re made […]
In today’s episode, Marty McMahon recounts his 36 year history of marathon swimming, including all of the “things that can go wrong” – and have, for him. While Marty jokes that his life peaked in 1985 when his 22 year old self received a heros welcome home after completing the English Channel, but I think there’s a lot more in […]
Today I virtually trekked from Cape Town South Africa to Switzerland with stops in the Unites States and South America. Just a few of the places that ice swimming adventurer Andrew Chin has swam. With a hearty crew of limit pushers and inspired by Lynne Cox, they even made it to Antarctica! It was quite a thrill to hear the […]
Today we got into the logistics of putting on a marathon swim event with marathon swimmer, journalist, swim historian, and director of the Boston Light swim, Elaine Howley. We touch on a little bit of everything from the storied history and how she got involved, to biggest learnings over the last 10 years. With a just 25 slots available, how […]
The trials and tribulations of the Corona virus pandemic have divided some people, but this neighborhood swim pod found a safe way to come together and in the process they’ve learned to trust each other and themselves, they’ve pushed each other to swim further than they thought they could, but they also know when to give grace. Making it easier […]