I had the pleasure of catching up with Guy Davis today while he’s on vacation in Florida. The Irish born, British citizen, who spent time growing up in Africa, and currently resides in the states, finds variety his fuel. While Guy trained with Dover Solo author, Marcia Cleveland, in the 90’s, it wasn’t until 2015 that he started pushing distance […]
As marathon swimmers we know what it’s like to be misunderstood. But can you imagine being the mom of a young marathon swimmer? I was struck by the amount of judgement that Jillian and James have faced in their 6 years of pursuing James’ dreams. While signing your child up for violin lessons or gymnastics at a very young age […]
Today I had the pleasure of chatting with Finger Lakes phenom, Bridgette Hobart. The stories just kept coming. So much goodness! Once we stabilized Bridgette’s connection, I tried to pry into what keeps Bridgette going. From what I can tell, she just can’t get enough. Striving for work life balance, marathon swimming seems to give her life just the spice […]
Today I recorded the first ever in person edition of Marathon Swim Stories with Jeff Rake. I’m so grateful that Jeff reached out to me prior to my trip to San Diego to swim around Coronado Island. As it goes with people in the marathon swimming community, Jeff welcomed me with open arms even though we had never met in […]
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… […]
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 […]
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 […]