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In this episode of Marathon Swim Stories we chat with Suzie Dods, about not being able to sleep after a long swim, the importance of your crew, training tips, and so much more!

In her own words, Suzie is a 60 year old swimmer, Triple Crown Swimmer, and founder of the 24 Hour Relay in San Francisco.


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Epic Inspiration  by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5447-epic-inspiration-
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 Swimming sounds courtesy of swimmer, Todd Lantry.

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In this episode of Marathon Swim Stories Molly tells us about training for channel swims in the pool, wanting to quit, staying in the moment, open water swimming as a metaphor for life, and so much more!

In her own words, Molly Nance is a marathon open water swimmer from Lincoln, Nebraska. Her major swims include the 36-mile END_WET swim in North Dakota, SCAR in Arizona, the Alligator Lighthouse swim in Florida, Swim Around Charleston, the Rose Pitonoff swim in New York and she was the first woman to swim the 22-mile St. Lucia Channel. Molly is race director for the Cornhusker State Games Open Water Swimming event with races from 1 mile to 10K. She and her kayaker husband Paul have a daughter Audrey, and a Boston terrier, Trudy (named for Gertrude Ederle). Molly also has a day job, working as Director of Communications for the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska.


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Epic Inspiration  by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5447-epic-inspiration-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Swimming sounds courtesy of swimmer, Todd Lantry.

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In this episode of Marathon Swim Stories with Mark Spratt, we talk about Mark's huge resume of swims, racing instead of training, when you swear that you'll never do another marathon swim and then you realize that you've done 43! Handling that point that you want to quit, and so much more!

In his own word: Swimming has been a part of Mark Spratt’s life ever since he taught himself to swim at age four. For most of his swimming career Mark was a pool swimmer focusing on sprints and middle-distance stroke events. Mark has been competing in open water swims since 1991, initially focused on shorter races such as the La Jolla Rough Water Swim. Over the last 8 years Mark has added longer races to his calendar. In 2013 Mark swam his first channel, the 17.5 mile Ederle Swim, between New York City and New Jersey. When Mark landed on the Sandy Hook Beach, he figured the Ederle would be his last marathon swim but that was not to be. 43 marathon swims later he keeps signing up for the insane swims. Mark have completed two legs of the Marathon Swimming Triple Crown (Manhattan Island and the Catalina Channel) and scheduled to attempt the English Channel in 2020.

Away from the water, this 64-year-old works as the Controller for Indiana Correction Industries, a division of the Indiana Department of Correction. Mark also loves reading, buying shoes, and eating hamburgers.


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Music credit:

Epic Inspiration  by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5447-epic-inspiration-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

 Swimming sounds courtesy of swimmer, Todd Lantry.

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In this episode of Marathon Swim Stories, I talked with Christopher Graefe about returning to swimming after a 20 year hiatus, swimming success, why it's a good idea to stop sometimes, and our love of the open water community.

In his own words: Christopher Graefe is an open water swimmer residing in Boston, Massachusetts. A childhood age group and collegiate varsity swimmer, Christopher had been swimming most of his life before taking a sizable hiatus up until the age of 40, when he discovered open water. Building off a few shorter Caribbean events, Christopher quickly fell in love with the sport and has participated in events and solos all around the US since 2015. As with many swimmers in the open water community, Christopher loves the friends he’s made through the sport, and the support so many of us give one another through our unique goals and pursuits. He looks forward to brighter days ahead when we’re all back in the water and chasing down those dreams… or just LOVING being able to swim…. once again.


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Music credit:

Epic Inspiration  by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5447-epic-inspiration-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

 Swimming sounds courtesy of swimmer, Todd Lantry.

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On April 9th, 2020, we talked with Kate Howell about crazy swim adventures, staying calm in stressful situations, contentment in quarantine with a baby, and tips for building habits that encourage you to do your PT!

In her own words: Kate Howell is a California native and a Physical Therapist that lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a member of the South End Rowing club and loves exploring open water and adventure swimming in rivers, lakes, and ocean.  She is a new mom to a human and an old mom to some canines and on the journey of balancing marathon swimming with a baby (paging my engineers out there- baby tow?). Accomplished swims from 8 mins to 25 miles.

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Music credit:

Epic Inspiration  by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5447-epic-inspiration-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Swimming sounds courtesy of swimmer, Todd Lantry.

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In this episode with guest Louise Darlington, we built a reading list for you! And chatted about places she's swam, finding community, setting goals, training your brain, courage, and so much more!

In her own words: Louise lives in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania – the heart of Central Pennsylvania. Since her first official open water swim around the Statue of Liberty in 2013, she has continued to add to both her list of relay and solo open water swims; having completed the Triple Crown as a relay swimmer, the North Channel and the first (and only) circumnavigation of Santa Cruz Island as a member of the relay team Selkie and the Sirens. She routinely visits Japan for swims and to summit Mt. Fuji. She is also an experienced cold water and ice swimmer having competed at the Memphremagog Ice Swimming Festival in Vermont each year since 2015. Louise is also a level 3 US Masters Swimming coach and is a certified Adult Learn to Swim (ALTS) instructor, as well as a Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, teaching at the Pennsylvania State University.  In addition to her swimming and coaching, Louise is the Assistant Director for Library Public Services at Harrisburg Area Community College. In August 2018, Louise founded the Penn Heron Open Water Swimming Club, one of the first nationally recognized open water clubs under US Masters Swimming. The goals of the Penn Heron Club are to build the community of open water swimming while promoting safety and training standards for open water and cold water and ice swimmers in Central Pennsylvania. In addition to open water, Louise also actively coaches triathletes as well and novice open water swimmers. You can find out more about Louise Darlington Coaching and Penn Heron Open Water Swimming at the following links or by
following links or by contacting Louise at: [email protected]
Louise Darlington Coaching on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LouiseDarlingtonCoaching/

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Epic Inspiration  by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5447-epic-inspiration-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Swimming sounds courtesy of swimmer, Todd Lantry.

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On April 2, 2020 a small group of marathon swimmers gathered to listen as Daniela Klaz regaled us with tales of swimming and coaching in Boston and her first experiences open water swimming. At the time we called it Virtual Swim Practice, but it was soon renamed Marathon Swim Stories.

Daniela Klaz describes herself as a tall swimmer who likes cheese and chocolate. She started on a swim journey and hopes to helps others on their own swim journeys @swimjourneys
https://www.facebook.com/swimjourneys/

Music Credit:
Epic Inspiration by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5447-epic-inspiration-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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