Category Swimming

On Sunday, August 19, I completed my first swim of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), which according to the Marathon Swimmers Federation is the minimum distance to qualify a swim as a “marathon swim.” Swim To The Moon took place in… Continue Reading →

As part of the final preparation for my upcoming Swim to the Moon 10K in Michigan, I did a “dress rehearsal” at Parker Canyon Lake on Friday, July 27. The goal of the swim was to do a full 10K… Continue Reading →

Swimming in Lake Tahoe was on my bucket list, and completing a 2.4 mile swim as the only female finisher was beyond my wildest dreams! The race was part of Big Blue Adventure’s Sierra Open Water Swim Series, which took… Continue Reading →

Since the first of this year I’ve done 13 open water lake swims and have tracked them all with my old Garmin Forerunner 305. Sure, there are many newer GPS devices for open water swimming, but the 305 still works… Continue Reading →

Today was my 38th, possibly final, and definitely coldest open water swim this year! It was a lovely sunny day in the mid-60s at the Patagonia Lake State Park, but the water temp was a brisk 52F! I gave it… 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 →

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 →