Deep Dive: SCAR 2023
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Deep Dive: AMBSC Summer Solstice Swim
What’s one of the most important parts of marathon swim training? If you ask me, first and foremost is swimming technique – personally, I don’t want an injury to keep me from making it to the start of my event, and I want to swim for the rest of my life! So I prioritize technique over everything else. But there’s […]
Deep Dive: Shannon Keegan’s 22 Hour Lake George Swim
Hello and Happy New Year Marathon Swim Stories listeners! I’ve had a few people ask about my 22 hour swim in Lake George last August, and I’m pleased that my SwimMastery coach colleague, Melissa Donalson stepped into the roll of interviewer today, and we are also joined by my swim coach, the founder of SwimMastery, Tracey Baumann to tell you […]
Deep Dive: SCAR 2022 with Steve Munatones
After a severe heart attack in 2016, Steven Munatones was in a coma for a week. They lowered his body temperature in hopes of preserving function but set expectations with his family that he may have severe neurological damage. This was part of Steve’s Marathon Swim Story that he shared with us in February of 2021. He also discussed his […]
Carolyn’s Journey to Derwent
Since were nestling in for winter here in the Northern hemisphere, trekking to the swimming pool in the dark, perhaps mustering the fortitude for a dip in chilly waters, I thought it would be fun to follow a journey on the other side of the world where they are getting ready for summer. We met Carolyn Anderson a few weeks […]
Deep Dive: Jennifer Dutton’s Lake Geneva Signature
I was thrilled to talk to Jennifer Dutton after her latest big swim – she tells us all about the build up, pandemic induced postponement, and doing everything thing that she could to prepare. My giddiness in palpable, I want to make it to Switzerland! What a swim! If you haven’t already, be sure to listen to her Marathon Swim […]
Deep Dive: Neil Agius’ Latest Swim
Earlier this year we met Neil Agius who completed an epic 102km swim from Sicily to Malta just last year. Well, Neil has been busy since then, in this episode he tells us everything about the swim and how he planned and prepared to break the world record. If you missed it, be sure to catch Neil’s Marathon Swim Story! […]
Deep Dive: Janine’s Journey to Tahoe
Welcome to Marathon Swim Stories where we explore the human side of the super human feats of endurance swimmers, and those who support them. As part of the human side, it’s important to me to highlight the fact that marathon swimming isn’t always about setting records, pioneering routes, completing iconic swims, or checking off swims on lists like the Triple […]
Marathon Swim Stories Deep Dive: My Pod
Today I have the distinct pleasure of introducing my pod! These are the people who encourage me to get in the water, stick by me through the winter, stay up late to swim at night, and support me when I want to swim a long time. Todd, Celeste, and Jocelyn have done everything from commit entire weekends to camping by […]
Deep Dive: Jia Jung’s Journey to 20 Bridges
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 […]