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When I was ten years old I was at my favorite summer spot, Mission Pool. I was swimming alone when I spotted a girl about my age; so I swam over and said something along the lines of, "I'm Pam, do you want to be friends?." More than forty years later she's still the girlfriend I call my best...

I’m sitting at the Auckland Airport waiting for my flight to L.A. I have a fourteen hour lay over. When I return home our family will  officially begin our holiday season. First up, we celebrate All Saints Day which we do with costumes and candy much like the other holiday but with...

Tim O'Donnell who won the elite division (doing everything twice as fast as me) said during the awards that today was the hardest swim he had ever done and he had never been more happy to exit the water. On the longest section of the swim we swam into the current and in addition the water was...

We just finished our final briefings. It's fun to just sit back and watch the various country's athletes file past. First South Africa, then the French, Great Britain, New Zealand, Ireland, Russia and on it goes. There is a pleasant energy in the room and when the talk ends and it's time for...

I just have a few minutes between the team meeting and the opening ceremonies here in Perth with the race about 40 hours away. The team leader remarked to the group that we are each in a unique position few athletes find themselves in because we are representing our country. He said we should...