A Dream of a Lifetime
There was a dream I had even before I crossed the English Channel. I had only expressed this dream to just a few. I told Craig when I was training for the English Channel that if I made it I wanted to swim the Irish Channel. At the time there was yet to be an America to cross it. Then...
The Women Who Have Insp...
I feel so lucky to have some very strong mentors in marathon swimming, especially ones that are female. Some are oceans apart but have become woven into my life and their support should not go unmentioned. There are three in particular that have been through this crazy ride with me....
Training for a Marathon...
One question I often get asked is how do you train for a swim that will be over 20 miles and that will take over 14h. I wish there was an easy formula for it all. So this time around I learned that current was my biggest obstacle. The last three hours of my swim I had to try to hold...
Swallowing Your Pride
Swallowing your pride is never easy. I came back from swimming the English Channelto not being able to hold my pace of 1:30 per 100-yards in the pool. I was in denial for awhile that I was slower and had gained weight. I wanted my pre-Channel body back. Ihad been swimming a lot but...
My Christmas
Describing my Christmas as rough would be an understatement. So much happened in my personal life two days before the holiday that set my training back. I didn’t swim for about five days when I was supposed to be getting back to training to prepare for the Memper 25 mile swim from New...
Life in the fast lane.
I have not written in my blog for so long. Really I am quite bad at finding time to update it and write about all that is taking place. Some big things have come up that I am now just getting around to writing about. First of all we moved. It was hard packing and unpacking, but being in...