I thought this was interesting. He just broke the record for the longest swim.
msn.foxsports.com/.../6654652
So, my question is: What is your big and seemingly impossible goal in swimming?
Mine is to swim the English Channel. Currently, I have no plans to do so but this goal always lurks in the back of my head.
Yours?
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Donna, you are incredible! It's been inspiring to follow your journey. In the summer of 2005 I was in Upstate NY on vacation and we needed to get from Saranac Lake, NY to New Hampshire so we took a ferry across Lake Champlain. With the mountains on one side and the beautiful town of Burlington, VT on the other side I couldn't help but think how awesome it would be to swim across it. A few months after that I found out that there actually is an organized swim across Lake Champlain and it's now on my schedule for August. Sister Golden Hair (Katie my training buddy) is doing it with me. I can't wait!
Julie
Julie, I used to live in the vicinity of Lake Champlain when I was a kid, it is a beautiful lake, we used to fish a lot there. See? the same thing has happened to you; you see a beautiful stretch of water and think, I wonder if I can do that? And once you wonder, it becomes a plan, and the beauty of this is, you will swim it if you train for it. And to enjoy every stroke along the way and realize what you are doing will be something to be very proud of and to share with your family and eventually grandchildren. There's nothing greater than the family/grandkids talking about their grandma who swam Lake Champlain. My hat is off to you and Katie, absolutely train and go for it and make those memories you can carry with you forever.
I will tell you this: when you finish the swim and are on the beach and look back on where you just came from will be the most momentous moment. The pride is wonderful. And with swimming, any of us can do these things at almost any age; the boundaries are endless!!!
Here's to you:drink:
Donna
Donna, you are incredible! It's been inspiring to follow your journey. In the summer of 2005 I was in Upstate NY on vacation and we needed to get from Saranac Lake, NY to New Hampshire so we took a ferry across Lake Champlain. With the mountains on one side and the beautiful town of Burlington, VT on the other side I couldn't help but think how awesome it would be to swim across it. A few months after that I found out that there actually is an organized swim across Lake Champlain and it's now on my schedule for August. Sister Golden Hair (Katie my training buddy) is doing it with me. I can't wait!
Julie
Julie, I used to live in the vicinity of Lake Champlain when I was a kid, it is a beautiful lake, we used to fish a lot there. See? the same thing has happened to you; you see a beautiful stretch of water and think, I wonder if I can do that? And once you wonder, it becomes a plan, and the beauty of this is, you will swim it if you train for it. And to enjoy every stroke along the way and realize what you are doing will be something to be very proud of and to share with your family and eventually grandchildren. There's nothing greater than the family/grandkids talking about their grandma who swam Lake Champlain. My hat is off to you and Katie, absolutely train and go for it and make those memories you can carry with you forever.
I will tell you this: when you finish the swim and are on the beach and look back on where you just came from will be the most momentous moment. The pride is wonderful. And with swimming, any of us can do these things at almost any age; the boundaries are endless!!!
Here's to you:drink:
Donna
