Imagine this: You set your alarm the night before to get up and meet the group at 6:00am. Then you stay up a little later than usual to watch just one more episode of that hot new show on Netflix. You start thinking about the texts a few hours earlier where you were making swim …
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The Critic Who Counts
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who …
Out of the Rabbit Hole: A Follow-up to “The Critic Who Counts”
The most important thing to remember is that no one is perfect. I love a good over the top, knee jerk reaction. The kind where you go down the petty rabbit hole as deep as you can. Sometimes, instead of diving down that hole of despair, you launch onto the fools battleground and take on …
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Stranded in Bakersfield
It’s 9:00am Monday. My swim is 9:00pm Wednesday. I’m 2.5 hours from home and 3.5 hours from Monterey. My car broke down. The mechanic won’t get the part until tomorrow and my knee is so incredibly painful I can hardly walk. I can barely stand – where is the nearest chair? My knee won’t …
I’m Tired – Now What?
The day is Friday. I was sitting in my friends living room in Laguna Beach high up on Temple Hills Drive looking out one of her two big windows, I just felt tired. It was a semi clear day and I could almost see straight out to Catalina Island. The channel between the island and …
3 Rocks 10K
Wow. I’m still processing this awesome swim. Rewind back to February 2020 – I booked 3 Rocks with Pacific Open Water Swim Co. after a long phone call with Sylvia. I called her to talk about some potential swim plans and we had just decided that I should book the Catalina Channel. While discussing training …
Fear (n)
Fear has been showing up a lot for me lately. I’ve watched others experience fear, I over heard partners end a relationship because of fear and I’ve felt fear so strongly that my stomach ties in knots. In each of those three examples fear was handled differently. And, I guess, that’s how fear works; differently. …
2020: Yikes to Yes!
What a whirlwind! Like many of you, I started 2020 on track to smash my swim goals this year. I moved to California, joined a new masters team and scouted open water groups and locations near me. I finally decided on my next swims and booked them with plenty of training time in between. Then …
The Strong One: Overcoming Your Inner Troll
I’m going to admit something and it’s been really hard to write this blog but I just wanted to say, I’ve had a rough week and I can’t stop beating myself up about it. Today is Labor Day and I have the whole day off and planned a big swim with my training group. Except …
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What’s next?
It’s been almost three weeks since I finished my successful crossing of Lake Tahoe (21.3 miles). A lot of friends have asked me with great excitement and curiosity, “Well, what’s next? Are you going to swim the English Channel?!” My short answer right now is, “No.” It’s interesting how focused I’ve become with researching my …
