Courtesy of WOWSA, San Francisco, California. Steve Walker knows his material. The northern Californian wrote Where The Crazy People Swim: Outrageous goals, failure, and success in October 2016 and co-edited A History of Marathon Swimming in 2017. Where The Crazy People Swim addresses the sport of swimming and being honesty about failure both in the […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, San Francisco Bay, California. “It was a magical day in San Francisco,” said Kathie Hewko has said often [shown on left with her husband Emil]. “Emil is my huge support person.” The realtor from Petaluma, California has been swimming across and underneath the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay for 41

Courtesy of Hall of Fame – Marathon Swimming Ireland. Anne-Marie Ward said after her 8 hour 15 minute Tory Island to Magheroarty swim in 2003, “It was very tough, but at no stage did I feel I was going to quit.” Over the last 15 years, Ward has developed into one of Ireland’s most prolific

Courtesy of Hall of Fame – Marathon Swimming Ireland. Ned Denison is ubiquitous in the open water. He runs global organizations such as the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and served on boards ranging from the Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame to the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. He is influential within his

Courtesy of Hall of Fame – Marathon Swimming Ireland. The Sandycove Island Swimmers is an open water swimming club centered at Sandycove Island, established in 2010. It is a Swim Ireland-affiliated open water club of convenience for adult competent open water swims based in Munster or who wish to swim in Munster open water events.

Courtesy of Hall of Fame – Marathon Swimming Ireland. Stephen Millar is the Chairperson of the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association and Race Secretary for the East Coast Adventure Gunnaway Swim and the Gannaway Rock Swim in Ireland. His long career and sponsorship of open water events was recognized by the Hall of Fame –