I always talk with my clients about marathon swims being events. Not races. They are milestones in our life, like getting married, or having kids… They become part of our being. A source of pride, a reminder of what we are capable of in tough times. But what if that event involved a close call with a squaliform that landed […]
In her own words: Natalia Chuich, Moscow Russia. I was born in Chelyabinsk which is famous for the champion ice hockey players rather than swimmers…. I started swimming at the age of 8, since the age of 10 I joined sports school where I had a chance to train everyday twice a day for 5 years. I wasn’t very successful, […]
In today’s episode I spoke with Diego Lopez. He grew in the Canary Islands, where swimming is part of the culture. Diego shares with us how the Global Swimmer project was born. Endeavoring to swim a major event on each of the seven continents in a single year presents many challenges – but maybe not the ones that you think! […]
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 […]
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 […]
Today I spoke with the first woman to swim around the island of Bermuda, Lori King. Upon rediscovering her love of swimming later is life, Lori tried to politely decline an invitation to swim in the open water, strongly preferring the pool. Needless to say, she eventually found her rhythm and got over her fears. There’s quite a bit of […]
In this exemplary episode of Marathon Swim Stories I chatted with Lyn Goldsmith – at 50 she decided to start kayaking. She loved supporting marathon swimmers as the trekked around Manhattan. While a lifelong water lover, she never considered swimming herself until a transformative experience swimming in a lake in Maine in her 60’s. She tells us about her journey […]
I can almost remember the first time that Jia joined us at Marathon Swim Stories way back in the early days of the pandemic – gosh, what was that, 3 months ago? She’s been a constant on our calls, and today I finally got to hear her story! Jia is a an award winner and product of the New York […]
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 […]