Author Kathleen Bober
My last event for the year – the 16th Annual Anthem Holiday Classic Sprint Triathlon. The race consisted of a 400m heated pool swim, a fast 20km bike course and a 5km run. I did the event last year and… Continue Reading →
“Winning and losing is all part of the game meant to teach you a lesson…” Yeah, right…so why did I decide to participate in Saturday’s Canyon Lake Open Water Swim and what did I learn from my loss? In the… Continue Reading →
Lake swimming in Arizona is great, but it doesn’t compare to swimming in the ocean. I was interested in the Tiki Swim for a number of reasons: it didn’t appear to be too hardcore (well, ok…maybe, sort of…I saw a… Continue Reading →
I first swam in Parker Canyon Lake in September 2, 2012 when I was training for an 8k swim in Lake Mead in October called Slam the Dam (which was the last year the event was held). In the late… Continue Reading →
One of my favorite state parks in Arizona is Oracle State Park. The park is a 4,000 acre wildlife refuge in the northern foothills of the Catalina Mountains. It also serves as a Center for Environmental Education and provides programming for… Continue Reading →
Great Chesapeake Bay Swim is an annual 1-mile and 4.4-mile charity fundraiser swim across the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. I did the 4.4-mile event with 646 other swimmers. We started in two separate heats, about 15 minutes apart, beginning at Sandy… Continue Reading →
In preparation for my upcoming swim, The Great Chesapeake Bay 4.4 Mile Swim on June 11, I decided I would do my longest training swim yet at Patagonia Lake on Friday, May 12. Last month, I measured my course with… Continue Reading →
Patagonia Lake State Park is about an hour and a half south of Tucson – well worth the drive! The scenery along Highway 83 and 82 is gorgeous, particularly in the early morning or late afternoon light. I’ve been swimming… Continue Reading →
On Saturday, January 21, 2017, friends and I proudly joined a group of 15,000 people for the Tucson Women’s March, which was held in conjunction with Women’s March on Washington. It has been estimated that around 4 million people participated… Continue Reading →
On Sunday, January 8, 2016, I was notified that I had been accepted into the The Great Chesapeake Bay Swim, which will take place on June 11, 2017. The race starts from the shores of Sandy Point State Park, Maryland, which… Continue Reading →