Tag: long distance swimming

5 March 2018

Monday Morning Motivation: Sarah Thomas, endurance swimmer

Most people will never swim a mile (64 lengths), so the thought of swimming 100 consecutive miles is incomprehensible, but that’s exactly what endurance swimmer, Sarah Thomas did in August last year. She swam further than anyone had ever swum before without the aid of currents. A Colorado athlete was the first person to swim at least 100 consecutive miles...

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29 February 2016

Monday Morning Motivation – Marilyn Bell

Marilyn Bell (aka Marilyn Grace Bell Di Lascio) is a retired Canadian long-distance swimmer. She was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario in 1954. At the time of completion in 1955, she was the youngest person to swim the English Channel. In 1956 she swam the Strait of Juan de Fuca, before retiring from distance swimming. However, her...

Swimming Comments: 4

7 February 2015

Sinking not swimming…

This year I need to focus on my swimming. A month of 2015 has gone by and I’ve really not achieved very much yet. If I’m going to complete the Scilly Swim Challenge, I’m going to need to start pushing myself soon. I have to be able to swim a mile in 40 mins (consistently), which is just under 25...

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18 August 2014

Monday Morning Motivation – The marvellous Mimi Hughes

Mimi Hughes is an American long-distance swimmer who has crossed the Bering Strait and swum the length of many rivers, including the Tennessee, the Danube, the Drava and the Mura. Mimi was interviewed by GOTRIbal To get herself through her long-distance swims, Mimi relies on many motivational sayings, such as: When you decide to give yourself to a cause, you...

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Hi, I'm Tamsyn!

Triathlete | Blogger | Running Coach & Fitness Instructor

As an overweight couch potato, I decided to turn my life around. I lost over 33lbs/15kg and now love keeping fit and healthy. In February 2013, I set myself a challenge to complete an iron-distance triathlon (2.4 mile/3.8k swim; 112 mile/180k bike; 26.2 mile/42.2k run).

Since starting my triathlon journey, I’ve:

learnt to swim and completed a 17.5km sea swim

bought my first road bike and cycled across Japan

run six marathons.

had a baby.

I’ve not completed an Ironman yet… but I’m getting there.