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After the stillness of that first encounter with Baikal and its waters, I was launched back into a flurry of frantic activity with other humans. Meeting up with my teammates and the larger team...

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So in late March 2021 I received the second dose and started to feel a little less worried. Life continued on, perhaps with a bit less stress than usual from COVID, but then work started to get ...

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(Kalsarikannit - Finnish for underweardrunk, or “the feeling when you are going to get drunk home alone in your underwear.”) Before my last (non-entry) entry, I last wrote on February 11th, 2020....

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Okay, it’s been 2 years, 2 months since my last entry and let’s face it, I wasn’t great about updating even before the hiatus. I have no excuses and make no apologies. Just grateful to be here...

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In November we went to Barbados. They put us up in a ridiculous suite with the most beautiful view of the ocean, a pool, and a swim-up pool-bar! I liked the format of this event too - each day...

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We knew it was bound to happen. In a cute but shabby part of Manhattan’s West Village, sandwiched between upscale lingerie shops, an English tea parlour, and the sleek flagship Equinox gym, was ...

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I don’t know if I’m coming back to life again yet, but there’s movement. Last weekend my friend T was in town from London so we took her out on the boat. We bought all this brunch stuff but she ...

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I have done absolutely nothing to better myself since I last posted. Have gone through some fits and spurts of getting back on track but overall things have been mostly the same. I am still the...

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It’s been a grind of a year. Mostly my own fault. Work has been rough. I’ve had two low performing coordinators in a row and it’s really difficult to do my job when I can’t rely on the people ...

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It’s been a year. Objectively, I am on top of the world. Woman of the year in my sport for the second consecutive year. Was presented with two Guinness world records last weekend. My summer p...

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What is your secret guaranteed weeping movie? I wouldn’t put on a movie with the intent to make myself cry, but I do a lot of crying on airplanes, usually while watching movies. I think it’s the...

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I really need to get back into the habit of this. Work trip after Hong Kong, got back just in time for US National Champs Still wasn’t feeling any of it but I put a smile on my face, did my best...

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This year has been grating on me so far. For various reasons I cut way back on travel, my brother got married, and I’ve been working way too much. At least six of my friends’ parents died in th...

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Writing is like swimming right? I just need to start, and then it will get easier. When I last wrote, it was late April. In early May my dad was honored at the first in a series of ceremonies ...

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I should write: - Good swims and fun times with A and my English Bestie Amy and all our other wonderful friends at the UK Cold Water Swimming Championships - An amazing and luxurious impromptu V...

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Objectively, 2016 was a phenomenal year for me. I achieved most of my personal goals and some unexpected ones: Won the International Winter Swimming Association World Cup Completed non-stop sol...

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Another month, another entry. After getting back from Italy work kept me busy, outside of that trying to train, trying to yoga, trying to eat decently, trying to get enough sleep but not be lazy...

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It’s been a roller-coaster summer so far. My own life is relatively calm, but every couple of days we wake up to something horrible in the news. All this life lost, all this craziness political...

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I’m in kind of a weird mood. This weekend we drove upstate with my friend Janine and kayaker Alex. A met us up there and we stayed at the house of Bob, a race organizer, to do a test swim for a...

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I’m in limbo with no motivation to do anything. Inertia. Bad thoughts swirling through my head, feeling hopeless. For a month after Iceland I put myself through a cleanse of sorts. No alcohol...

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After the World Championships I had a blissful 2 weeks at home before I had to head out again. The day after I got back I had an even for my least favorite group, but it went pretty well and I w...

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Got back from Vermont, unpacked, slept, repacked for Siberia and headed to the airport on Monday afternoon. Met up with Bill and Brad at JFK and landed in Moscow around 7am local time. We heade...

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Last I wrote, I was on a work trip, my last one for the season most likely! I left a suitcase with my swim stuff and cold weather gear at home and A picked me up in midtown with everything in t...

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Got back from that work trip by 10pm-ish on Friday to see my love. Went for a Coney Island swim the next morning at 9am, or rather breakfast with my girls and then a very quick dip. A and I hun...

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We rang in 2016 at the top of the new One World Trade Center Observatory with amazing views, fireworks, and champagne. You know you’re up high when fireworks look low/small. It was nicer to tak...

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