It’s somewhere around 10:00 AM, Sunday, August 23rd. I’ve been in the water for over fifteen hours and awake for over 24. Bill Burton, one …
Read More »70km swim for MS: part 5 – pushing through the last 25km
70km swim for MS: part 4 – into the night
It is about 7pm, August 22nd and Alex and I have now been in the water for 4 hours. We are right on schedule. We …
Read More »70km swim for MS: part 3 – a beautiful start
There are a lot of things that happen during my 70km swim; some of which were expected, and some of which were unforeseen. What was …
Read More »70km swim for MS: part 2 – mental gymnastics
It’s now August 12th, 10 days before my big swim is scheduled to start. I have just landed in Victoria, Canada after spending just over …
Read More »70km for MS: part 1 – how to blow your shoulder before a big swim
I’m not really sure the difference between swimming 70 kilometers with multiple sclerosis vs swimming it without; either way it a really long swim. The …
Read More »MS Philosophy: there is no such thing as a failed attempt
Every day when I wake up I think about how lucky I am that I was raised to try new things. In many was this …
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