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So after all that I ate well for the rest of the work day with intent of going to HIIT and yoga after work, then grocery shopping for healthy foods and early bed before SWIM PRACTICE. Instead I ...

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I’m in a funk and it’s lasted long enough that I think it needs to be documented. I gave myself a year of being gentle with myself, indulgent with myself, and now it’s past a year and I know wha...

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It’s been a year now that my dad’s been gone. I think in some ways this has been both the hardest and most the most amazing year of my life. Swimming in Siberia. The China trip and my first ti...

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What time did you wake up this morning: A bit before 8am. I didn’t have anything until 10am and was up past 2am the last 2 nights working. It’s that time of year again! Is there anyone that co...

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I’ve been so spoiled, coming off a great 4-day-weekend with A, a short week last week and and vacation just before that - almost 2 weeks of being together most of the day every single day, which ...

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I feel like I’ve been in a bad mood all summer. Which means fall should be a relief, but right now I am just dreading the amount of work I need to do and the even bigger tidal wave of work that’...

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After Murmansk, life went (somewhat) back to normal. A few days after I returned I went to see Marina & the Diamonds at Bowery Ballroom and ended up running into my friend Brian from freshma...

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After Antarctica I had one night in Buenos Aires, then a red-eye the next day back to JFK. From there I had a few hours at home before I was slated to begin another journey to compete at the fir...

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Sooo, Tuesday night, 4 weeks into eating completely clean - no sugar, no booze, no nothing…I get hit with massive food poisoning and a full-body rash complete with giant hives. I have absolutel...

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The zodiac ride from the mainland to the ship seemed to take forever. We ran up the gangway, stripped off our waterproof gear, and jumped in the shower. Our suite had the only bathtub on the sh...

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I like to think I am so fucking tough, which is not always a strength. The past twelve months have been the most extraordinary and most painful year of my life. So much activity, and I just kep...

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After the China trip, I threw myself back into the mini-busy season at work. Overall not bad and it went by fast - lots of work trips - I did get stuck upstate one trip due to rumors of a blizz...

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I want to do justice to the whirlwind 2015 has been so far, but realistically, it’s not going to happen. So, bullets and photos: China - First week of January I flew with A to Shanghai to repre...

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Our last morning in Tallinn, we packed up and grabbed breakfast at a cute spot the girls had grabbed brunch at just before meeting up with me the first day. Of course the staff remembered my love...

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My last morning in Paris, I had a million things I meant to do for work, but barely managed to get up, shower, pack, and get myself to the airport. Short flight from CDG to Tallinn, Estonia wher...

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After the awards ceremony Mo bought a bottle of vodka from the bar, then we walked to the dorm. Had a couple of shots there, then walked to the post-Gala disco. (We were on this compound where ...

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After a night of celebration and not much sleep, the second and last day of competition was a packed one. We got ready, went to breakfast, and got ready to go. I’d somehow lost my credentials b...

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Finally the day of the endurance swim was here. We ate breakfast (eggs and this very heavy Russian porridge, rough but I needed the insulation.) I didn’t drink any coffee because I was petrifie...

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The next morning we had an early start and a day of sightseeing in town. We started off at the Trinity Cathedral, which was nice. I lit two candles, one for my father and one for myself. Then ...

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So after that dark night of the soul, I pulled myself together, showered, and met my friends for breakfast. It was a beautiful buffet - I had eggs and like 7 kinds of fresh fruit, with coffee, w...

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Went to doctor yesterday, they are still waiting to review one part of the pathology from the surgery but it’s looking like I will need 6 weeks of radiation, 5 days a week, starting ASAP. But do...

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Busy season is over. No more 100 hour weeks, no more planes, trains, automobiles. This is the time of year when the body takes over, and my mind hibernates. All I want to do is sleep, work out ...

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Thanks for the well wishes everyone. I’m here, I’m functioning, mostly. This time of year is usually kind of a blur anyway. Maybe all this just ups the ante a bit, more likely it’s just put of...

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My dad passed away last Monday. My dad. My sister found him in his chair in the morning, resting peacefully. I went up to my parents’ house as soon as I heard, then the visitation was on Thu...

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An Early Valentine - 2/4/2004 “In telling the story of my father’s life, it is impossible to separate the fact from the fiction, the man from the myth. The best I can do is to tell it the way he...

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