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Cuba–Florida, Ireland–Scotland, World Open Water Swimming Association Man, Woman, Performance & Offering of the Year Awards

October 31st, 2012

On June 19th 2012 thousands of people around the world followed my swim tracker while I swam for over 41 hours straight in the challenging waters of the Florida Straits between Cuba and Florida. I was devastated when my team gave me the bad news that I had to leave the water because it would [...]

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Swim the Suck, Chattanooga, Tennessee, October 2012

October 26th, 2012

For those of you who didn’t see it on my Google blog, here’s my account of our recent trip to Swim the Suck, Chattanooga, Tennessee. One of the most wonderful things about our sport to me, are the great friends I make around the world. People who love to swim, especially people who love to [...]

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The Long Trail Ahead – Fabulous insight of my Cuba2012 swim by Richard S Costello

July 17th, 2012

Recently I stumbled across a blog named The Long Trail Ahead. The author of the blog Richard S Costello wrote an article regarding my recent attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida. I was touched when I read Richards words as he describes how he imagined what my body and mind were going through during [...]

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