Recently I was asked in an interview what I thought my greatest strength was/is? Immediately I said, “my mental game has been crucial to my progress.” In any endeavor, people will have opinions good or bad. It’s whether you give those opinions power or not that will determine your success. 10 times out of 10 […]
Category: The 120 Mile Hudson River Grind
The 120 Mile Hudson River Grind
Hello Friends! This June/July 2016 I will be attempting to swim the lower 120 miles of the Hudson River! This summer is the 6th annual N.Y.O.W 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim. It is the longest marathon swim in the world. It is a bridge to bridge swim with an average distance of 17.2 miles per day, over 7 consecutive […]
A Summary!
Keeping alive the Seven Sisters tradition (started by Emma Reim and Mackenzie Bradley from Smith College and continued by Ika Kovacikova from Wellesley, all whom I consider my Channel godmothers) is to write a brief synopsis of the swim. Enjoy! If there is one thing that I have learned these past 12 days it is […]
The Video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRKpIv-YAYI read more
IT’S TIME FOR THE GRIND
Channel Update!!!!!!! 11 days in the UK and 10 practice swims later, we got a time! Tomorrow about 7am UK time!!!!! Follow my boat by clicking “Gallivant” and hitting “latest track” under the window with the boat picture. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE LOVE OVER THIS WHOLE PROCESS! COULDN’T DO IT WITHOUT YOU!!!!! […]
WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She put up one hell of a good fight, but the #englishchannelgrind has been dominated!! 12hrs 55min, we look like we won the lottery!!!! #thewayoutISthewaythrough #bestsupportcrew (more details about the swim will be in a blog post today or tomorrow) XOXOX read more
