Stories from the Water

Send us Fan Mail Lately I've spent some time with my kids looking at a globe, "if you fly over it, can you see the border?" they ask. No. These are lines drawn by man. Man argues, wars, and discrimin...

4 Aug 202043min

Send us Fan Mail Today we chatted with a marathon swimmer who first circumnavigated Manhattan in 1991. In 1994, she crossed the English Channel, documenting her preparation in her book Dover Solo. Upo...

30 Jul 202043min

Send us Fan Mail Today we spoke with Mark Sheridan from his office in London. Growing up Mark was an all around athlete, but couldn't conceive of swimming more than a mile until relatively recently. B...

28 Jul 202039min

Send us Fan Mail I could barely contain my excitement when talking to today's guest, a professional marathon swimmer, Sandra Frimerman-Bergquist. As we discuss in the episode, Sandra has been knocking...

24 Jul 202053min

Send us Fan Mail After a foot injury halted his ultra marathon running career, Darren Miller read Swimming to Antarctica, and was inspired by Lynne Cox. He immediately set his sights on the English Ch...

23 Jul 202037min

Send us Fan Mail Marathon Swim Stories has been a gift to me in so many ways, and how about this one, meeting a kindred spirit halfway around the world in Northern Ireland! Michelle Macy recommended t...

21 Jul 202033min

Send us Fan Mail An amazing story teller with many a story to tell, I could talk to Naji all day! But we finally cut ourselves off after just under an hour. A late onset swimmer, Naji was 43 when he l...

17 Jul 202053min

Send us Fan Mail I can almost remember the first time that Jia joined us at Marathon Swim Stories way back in the early days of the pandemic. She's been a constant on our calls, and today I finally go...

16 Jul 202033min