At 7 a.m., standing on the shore with fellow swimmers, the sky just waking up, I felt an electric mix of excitement and nerves. This was it—8.2 miles (or 8.3 in my case, because hey, overachiever, right?) around Mackinac Island. It was a swim I dreamed of, and suddenly, it...
Can You Hallucinate During a Long Swim?
I've been working hard for months to prepare for the "Swim to the Moon" marathon swim in Michigan. For those who do not know, a marathon swim is a 10K swim, not a 26.2 swim. According to the Long Swims Database, there have been 91,000 marathon swims by 33,000 swimmers...
5.25 Mile Swim Just for the Fun of It!
The Cross Bay Swim was postponed on the Wednesday evening before the event. I was grateful for two things - 1) that they postponed it early enough so that we didn't wake up at 4 am to find out it was canceled and 2) that they rescheduled the event. I've...
My First 2-Mile Swim…
I signed up for the Maggie Fischer Memorial Swim. After not being able to swim in the pools for months and first getting into the open water in June, I opted not to do the swim. (It was later canceled because of the weather.) On a Mission But, I was...