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 […]
Lately I’ve spent some time with my kids looking at a globe, “if you fly over it, can you see the border?” they ask. No. These are lines drawn by man. Man argues, wars, and discriminates over lines, I tell them. As today’s guest, Melinda Menzer says, “you can’t fence in the water”, and she loves swimming across those silly […]
Today we chatted a marathon swimmer who first circumnavigated Manhattan in 1991. In 1994, she crossed the English Channel, documenting her preparation in her book Dover Solo. Upon completing the Catalina Channel in 2005 Marcia Cleveland set the record for the fastest Triple Crown, a record that still stands today. And she’s still swimming marathons, having completed the Tsugaru Straight […]