I recently finished reading, Grit, by Angela Duckworth. I listened to her TED talk ages ago but it wasn’t until I was at the Portland airport on the way home from my length of Lake Memphremagog swim that I saw her book at a kiosk. Arrogantly, I thought, “I just swam 25 miles, I know…
If you read my last post about Minimalist Training, it may not surprise you to hear that I’m the least fit that I’ve been in my entire life! After all, I’ve only been swimming, on average, one day a week this last year — and much less as of late. Beyond swimming, I have done…
Here is my high level training plan by month for the 25 mile In Search of Memphre: In short, my goal was to peak at swimming 11 miles over 4 days per week, which is less than fifty percent of the marathon swimming rule of thumb–you can swim in a day what you train in…
The other day my training partner and I were reminiscing about a time when we signed up for open water swims the week before the event or even day of, and now we find ourselves planning swims 8-10 months in advance! If you’re looking to try a marathon swim in 2019, consider that for safety…