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  • Steady As She Goes (Into 2026)

    As another swim year wraps up, I’ve been thinking less about distances and times, and more about what I’m ready to leave behind. I’m also thinking about what I want to carry forward into the water in 2026. This isn’t a list of trends, or a best of, or a holy shit that sucked. It’s…

  • Are you going through something?

    I originally wrote this post on World Mental Health Day in October. I chickened out of posting it, but I think it’s ok now. So let’s talk about mine, and yours, and ours. I’ve stewed over whether my website is the appropriate place to discuss personal things. My original purpose in starting this blog was…

  • September is the New Year

    I’m calling it: September is the New Year. January may have worn that sash in the past, but she’s never felt like a chance for a reset the way that September does. She’s cold, and the ski season is already in swing. She’s bloated and guilty and a bit hungover from the holidays. She’s confined…

  • What’s Next?

    I celebrated my one month Channel-iversary this week. It might have been with a few margaritas, since something happened to my tastebuds during my sixteen hour salt bath. Coffee tastes gross, beer tastes funny, dairy products taste like chalk, but the swim still tastes like a success. That being said, I have not been swimming…

  • You’ve Gotta Be Tough: An English Channel Swim

    We did it! With the expert navigation of the pilots of Optimist, unrivalled coaching and encouragement from Brent Hobbs, and Debbie Collingwood’s superb attention to all of my nutritional needs, I swam from England to France in 16 hours and 33 minutes on a spring tide. I started at 2:30 am GMT from Samphire Hoe…

  • Off We Go!

    I’m writing this from the Kelowna airport, where I’m impatiently waiting to board my flight to Toronto, and then London, England! The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of preparations, packing, and handling last minute details. Ran out of time to get my hair and nails done, but at least I remembered to shave…

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