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  • Are you going through something?

    I originally wrote this post on World Mental Health Day in October. 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 to journal my swimming journey while going through a challenging period in…

  • Happy Channelversary

    One year ago this week, I stood on the shore of Wissant, France after swimming the English Channel. Blinking and smiling in the early evening sunlight, which was the most golden gold I’ve ever seen, I let myself be overcome with joy and happiness. It still feels surreal. The Channel was never just about swimming…

  • Oot and Aboot and Blooming Magnolias

    Now you see me, now you don’t! I have certainly been oot and aboot, as we Canadians say. I’ve been in places I didn’t expect to be, but somehow seem to be the right places at the right time, most of the time. Facing a crappy snow year on the mountain, dealing with ongoing fuckery,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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