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A smart swim friend, before End-Wet, gave me some advice, actually lots of practical advice, but two pieces have stuck with me Swimming for 10+ hours is a long time to spend in silence and you own mind Finish or not, there will be highs and lows after the event that you will be dealing … Continue reading Highs, Lows and feeling lost

EndWet is a 36 mile swim that takes place in North Dakota on the red river. It is the longest single day swim race in the United States and somewhere along the way I decided it would be a good swim to attempt. This decision was made at the end of a good 2017 season … Continue reading End Wet or How I learnt to stop worrying and love the Swim

This is probably going to be a long one and a little soul baring, I have debated on where to start and I originally planned to just jump in to the swimming and dogs but in a week in which mental health is in the news, it feels like a disservice to jump so far … Continue reading Dogs, Swimming and my reason why

I had planned for my big swim week to be May 13-May 20, but a new role in work and an unscheduled trip to Brazil for the new job threw that plan out. As such and as is often the case plans had to be altered. I don't truly plan my swim schedule, I don't … Continue reading A big Swim week and a trip to Brazil

For the month of April, I had set myself what I considered to be a lofty goal of around 35,000-40,000 meters each week. The aim of this goal was to prepare myself for both physical and mental aspects of the upcoming EndWet swim. Let’s start with the physical In the first 3 month of the … Continue reading April, mileage, suffering, aches, pains and sucess

Due to my slow start to this year and swim training, the reality is I needed/need to pick up the pace relatively quickly. This leads to a lot of time spent swimming currently. When it comes to training for marathon swims, there are a couple of schools of thought that I have tended to follow … Continue reading Miles & Miles &Miles & Miles &……

I have been rather lackluster in my sign ups for 2018. There will be no Big shoulders for the first time in 6 years and technically at this stage, I am only registered for one event. That event is admittedly the longest single 1 day race in the US at 36 miles, this event takes … Continue reading The Plan

So straight away let's get rid of the ambiguity, I am talking about me and the water. So what is going on? Answer, me and the water are just having a moment in which we are not connecting, every stroke is tougher than it should be. It's not the first time this has happened, it … Continue reading We Keep Fighting

There are usually a few times in a season when I struggle, not necessarily physically (though sometimes) but mentally. Usually it comes during swim season after a big event. Though this year I managed to generally avoid/control this. However the one I have yet to figure out how to control is off season, that period … Continue reading Off season (the black hole)