Hello Marathon Swim Story listeners! In today’s episode I talk with Ice Mermaid, Melissa Kegler. After an unremarkable English Channel success, Melissa took stock of her Triple Crown and wondered what she really wanted from her swimming. This has led to a newfound appreciation for the pristine waters of the Pacific Northwest the mountains, the old growth forests, and the […]
A natural born story teller, Antonio Arguelles doesn’t waste a moment, he jumps straight into the story of how he got started swimming in cold water in his grandfathers, oddly shaped pool, why swimming his medicine, the familiar dream of wanting to be an Olympic champion. And how the tides turned and he became the seventh person to complete the […]
Amy Ennion doesn’t remember what possessed her to the sign up for her first 10K, which she confidently completed in a wetsuit, but she does remember showing up to swim Windermere and discovering non wetsuited swimmers gladly jumping in to 16 degree water. Suddenly her eyes were opened to world of marathon swimming per channel rules In preparation for the […]
As the holidays are starting to set in, I realize that my summer break turned into a bit of a fall break. But the breather has served me well. I’m getting back in the swing of things and have several new episodes in the hopper. Awhile back I received an email from Aby Ortega informing me that I hadn’t recorded […]
Hello Marathon Swim Story listeners! It’s been quite a summer, and now has turned fall. My kids are back to school and I’m enjoying crisp morning walks and admiring the changing colors of the leaves. In my swimming I’m taking time to take stock of my stroke and honing my swimming as a practice, more like yoga – working out […]
It’s an honor that marathon swimmers around the world take time out of their day to sit down and talk to little old me and today it was my absolute privilege to spend an hour with world record holder… and that’s not just one world record, Vicki Keith holds 16 world records… I recommend you set aside the time to […]
In late November I spoke with one of the founding members of the Tampa Bay Frogman Swim. The original Frogman Swim which has grown to several locations, is a 3.4 mile swim across Tampa Bay that runs each January. With just a few hundred swimmers, it has been known to raise as much as $700,000 for the NAVY SEAL Foundation. […]
In her own words: My name is Joelle Beard. I have swum the triple crown of open water swimming. I have done several other ocean marathon swims as well as some lake swims. For one of my swims, across Gibraltar, I was able to donate money to help refugees. A year later, I got a letter from a refugee saying […]
Earlier this year Abhejali completed an “English Channel Triathlon”, swimming from Dover, England to France then biking and running all the way to her home in Prague, Czech Republic. That’s 34 km swimming (21 miles), 895 km cycling (556 miles), 182 km running (113 miles), in what ended up taking7 days, 12 hours and 5 minutes. That is just Abhejali’s […]
In his own words: Hometown: Winthrop, MA BLS Experience: Since 2008, 8x Solo Finisher, 6 x Double (1 unofficial, 5 official), 1 x Triple. Team captain for our winning relay team in 2018, which included teh oldest relay Boston Light Relay Swimmer in history, Bob McCormick! Why BLS? I love the BLS for its rich history and knowing I’ll try […]