Stories from the Water

Send us Fan Mail I've been intending to do this recording since I started Marathon Swim Stories back in April! And here it is, just a few weeks before the new year... I'm about to wrap up Season 1 aft...

16 Des 20205min

Send us Fan Mail I'm so excited for you to meet my guest today! I met Alyssa a couple years ago when I sent out a survey searching for swimmers who wanted to push distance in the water, but needed som...

15 Des 202043min

Send us Fan Mail If you've been listening to Marathon Swim Stories for awhile, you’re familiar with my frequent refrain, "I love that". At times, I wish I had a more interesting response, but it's tru...

8 Des 202046min

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is fellow Oregonian Sue Phillips. While Sue assured me that her story was not that interesting, she kept coming up with stories… I fondly remember playing leap frog wit...

1 Des 202048min

Send us Fan Mail Today I spoke with the first woman to swim around the island of Bermuda, Lori King. Upon rediscovering her love of swimming later is life, Lori tried to politely decline an invitation...

25 Nov 202047min

Send us Fan Mail My guest today started her competitive swimming career in 1967, and it continues to this day. In 2016, on the 41st anniversary of her first English Channel crossing, she completed an ...

24 Nov 202045min

Send us Fan Mail Where land meets water, an invitation lingers—not just between elements, but between versions of ourselves. In this trailer episode, we hear from three swimmers who’ve accepted that i...

21 Nov 20203min

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode I spoke with Triple Crown and California Triple Crown swimmer Robin Rose. A mom of three, Robin reminds us how we don't know what we're capable of until we get out ...

17 Nov 202051min