November 25, 2020

Lori King’s Marathon Swim Story

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 […]

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October 6, 2020

Sarah Eismann’s Marathon Swim Story

When I moved to the idyllic hamlet of Talent, Oregon about 8 years ago, I was quickly adopted by my new swim family and have been lovingly supported and encouraged as I pursue marathon swims… but no one wants to swim as far as I do. That changed about a year ago when I was excitedly greeted at swim practice, […]

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