Full interview, photos, and video clips! Article and photos: http://www.eagletribune.com/news/new-challenge-for-local-long-distance-swimmer/article_230f1cec-50c3-5a81-8921-6fb32e076f29.html Video: http://videos.eagletribune.com/eagletribune/pqem7r?v=autoplay_postroll&e=e0018&opn=right_rail_embed read more
Year: 2016
Live Feed Tracking!
I recently found out that there will be a way to get live feed tracking during the swim! I will be sure to post the links once they are made available! Now you all can be in the Hudson River with me! Thank you for the support! read more
The Sound of Silence
Fads sweep through the “wellness” industry like nobody’s business. If you paid attention to all the spruikers, you’d be drinking your shake while squirting water up your bum, popping some pills, sweating it out in a sauna, wrapping yourself in plastic…oh no wait, plastic’s toxic, let’s try clay instead, juice fasting (or if you’re really […]
The Similarities Between Pregnancy and Marathon Swimming
Disclaimer: I am NOT nor have I ever been pregnant. I figured this was an important clarification. I’ve been asked many times what preparing, training, doing, and recovering from a marathon swim is like? As I began to think about it, my best analogy was a pregnancy…. or what I imagine a pregnancy to be […]
How’s The Grind Going?…and other FAQ’s
Is the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim the longest swim in the world? Yes, at 120 miles it is the worlds longest marathon swim. (Florida to Cuba was 110 miles) How is the 8 Bridges 120 miles of the Hudson different then the English Channel swim? First: the distance. The English Channel was 20-30 miles […]
Featured in Austin Prep Alumnae Magazine
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Part of a Legacy
Check out my teammate, fellow open water marathon swimmer, and “lil sis” Abby’s blog! abbygirlrose One of the main reasons I was attracted to Seven Sisters colleges and Smith College in particular is the deep history and legacies, both in academics and swimming, attached to these schools. Between 1984 and 2014 seven Seven Sisters women […]
One Month
One month. Get ready. Longest marathon swim in the world. I’m going the distance. https://www.8bridges.org/more/swimmer-list-2/ read more
The Smith Legacy
The Smith College Athletic Facilities got cosmetic updates! One of the updates is a historical timeline of Smith women accomplishing some massive athletic feats. Some of these accomplishments include: Senda Berenson Abbott of Smith’s athletics department introducing basketball for women (and Smith students being the first college women to play the game) in 1892, Victoria […]
Facebook can be a bitch sometimes
You know those memories that Facebook likes to flash up for you now and then? Sometimes it’s good, you think awwww yeah, I remember that, THANKS Facebook and you hit share as you basque in the glow of your fabulous memory. Then there’s the ones that slap you in the face, the ones you look […]
Music for the Grind
Thanks to my friends at FINIS, I am the proud owner of a FINIS DUO! Unlike other swimp3s which sit in the ear socket, the DUO sits on your temples….therefore, you don’t have to worry about water getting trapped in your ear socket! The sound quality is amazing. It’s a very unique experience. Per usual, […]
Featured: Swimming World Magazine!
Ever wonder how marathon swimming is different from pool swimming? Check this article out! I was recently featured in an article in Swimming World written by my teammate/great friend/lil sis/ future Catalina Channel swim finisher, Abby Bergman! I am quoted alongside the hugely inspirational marathon swimming pioneer, Lynne Cox (Swimming to Antarctica) and one of the 2016 Rio […]
Letting it all hang out – one for my GRRRL’s
Over the course of 25 professional fights, I have only ever fought in a crop top once. Even when I am lean, I always wear t-shirts because I am so self-conscious and embarrassed about my stomach. Back around 2012, I was diagnosed with Poly Cystic Ovarian Disease. I had been exercising rigorously and eating well […]
Gratitude
I’m a firm believer in expressing gratitude for the individuals, places and events that have been meaningful to me. Life’s short…nobody knows what the future holds. If someone is important to you, tell them. If they’ve helped you in some way, let them know. If there is something you admire about them, make their day […]
What happens when the guy you’re seeing ‘just can’t’- INTERMISSION
While compiling information and drafting “part 2” and the ending of my last entry: ‘what happens when the guy you’re seeing just can’t’ I smashed out this little banger because I had a few epiphanies 😉 Can I be honest? I was just reading over my last blog post and I feel like a complete […]
Let’s Talk About Judgement…
I’ve had several random conversations with different people lately about language, how we use it, how we interpret it, and the challenges people face when they are bi or multi-lingual. I was delving into this topic with a friend of mine who spent his childhood in Greece and moved to Australia at the age of […]
Why am I blogging?
So here I am with my very own space on the big wide world of the interwebs. Blogging is something I’ve thought about doing for a really long time, for a number of different reasons. What made me bite the bullet and actually do it? One of my best friends and someone I admire enormously […]
Pricks, pills & scales…
I have a confession to make…my body is completely whacked!! At times I find it amusing, sometimes annoying, mostly intriguing. Ok, maybe time for a little context…I have made some TERRIBLE choices over the past 10 or so years! Yes, everything happens for a reason and yes, our past shapes our present but, I think […]
Questioning the Crazy
I am constantly fascinated by the crazy. Not just my crazy, EVERYONE’S crazy! I know you know the crazy I’m talking about, it’s that thing that happens when you choose something you know is going to have the complete opposite effect of whatever it is you’re working towards – in any area of life! I’m […]
Injuries, MMA, going Dutch and the return to the ring
It’s been a frustrating few months being out of the ring, losing fitness and gaining weight! Especially given my first two years you couldn’t get me out of the ring! Unfortunately at the end of my time at AKA, I had done significant damage to my left knee. Surprisingly no stress fractures in my ankles […]
The rise and fall of UTFF
12 months ago, the Unit 27 Group (best know for the Unit 27 strength and conditioning centre in Chalong) announced that they were in the process of building a fight facility. It was no surprise to me that this would happen given that they already owned a gym (Primal Fitness), a health food restaurant (Muscle Bar) […]
The reality of “living the dream”
When I went home for Christmas last year, I’m not going to lie, I was tempted to stay. The lull of the beautiful beaches and sunsets had lost its fade and I was missing having some consistency in my life. I get homesick – A LOT. I watch my fight family at home kicking goals […]
GRRRL!!!
I am so stoked to announce my new official sponsor – GRRRL!!!! “GRRRL is a brand new type of clothing company. We make real clothes for real women who simply don’t care about what anybody else thinks. We celebrate everything female. For every woman. Recognising that all real women come in all kinds of different […]
Why I choose to not date in Thailand
For those of you reading my blog last year, you will remember my post about being single in Thailand. I thought I had left that piece a little unfinished so here is the follow up. Why do I chose to remain single. A hot topic of conversation when I chat to friends at home is whether or […]
