I don’t know Diana Nyad nor had I followed her extreme dream before this her fifth and final attempt of swimming the 110 miles from Cuba to Florida. I found myself glued to the television cheering the 64 year old on and tearing up as she limped her way up the Florida shore. … [Read more...]
Never Ever Give Up a blog post inspired by @diananyad
I don’t know Diana Nyad nor had I followed her extreme dream before this her fifth and final attempt of swimming the 110 miles from Cuba to Florida. I found myself glued to the television cheering the 64 year old on and tearing up as she limped her way up the Florida shore. … [Read more...]
Sports History Files: Women and long-distance swimming
Tweet It didn’t take long for some eyebrows to be raised over Diana Nyad’s record swim from Cuba to Key West earlier this month. On Sunday, The New York Times took a deeper look, and I’ll leave it to the parties interviewed to shed some light on what probably will always be a murky … [Read more...]
She Made It: Diana Nyad Achieves Xtreme Dream
Diana Nyad Rocks. Simply. Unbelievable. Mother Nature, along with millions of online fans, were on endurance swimmer Diana Nyad’s side during her successful 103 mile swim from Cuba to Florida. It was Nyad’s fifth attempt at the historic distance and as she approached the … [Read more...]
10 Commandments of Leadership
I recently worked a camp with a man named Ryan Goodson. Ryan has created his own basketball development business called Goodson Basketball. He has a way of teaching the players new skills with catchy sayings and repetition. I will write more on some of those methods later but today I am writing … [Read more...]
Welcome To My Quarter Life Crisis
It took me 4 years of hard work, multiple (and I mean MULTIPLE) change-of-major request forms, and 2 different bicycles, but I finally did it. I finally graduated college! I am officially a UC Davis alum. Soooo…now what? For the past 4 years as a student-athlete, I was able to go to class … [Read more...]
Who wants a full-ride? A few tips on what college coaches look for during recruiting
The main question that young women have for college athletes is, “How did you get a full-ride scholarship?” The easy answer is get good grades and work really hard. Unfortunately, that is a vague answer and it does not help young women prepare the way that is necessary to receive … [Read more...]
Iranian swimmer Elham Asghari: ‘My 20km record has been held hostage’
By Saeed Kamali DehghanOn a Tuesday morning in June, Elham Asghari stepped into the tidal waters of the chilly Caspian sea in northern Iran to swim 20km in full Islamic dress. But her record-breaking nine-hour feat has not been recognised by national authorities because she is a … [Read more...]
Six Teenage Girls Swimming the English Channel for Charity
What are you doing during your summer vacation? For six English girls, summer means training to swim the English Channel to raise money for charity. They are 6GirlsNoBuoys, and they’ve been practicing in pools to gain strength and in Hyde Park’s Serpentine Lake to adjust … [Read more...]
CBC Special - Women’s Canoeing Should Have Place in Olympics
Canoeing has one of the poorest gender equality ratios of any Summer Olympic sport, and although female kayakers are allowed to compete in both the sprint and slalom disciplines, female canoeists are kept out of the Games altogether. CBC Sports Special: Women's Canoeing Should Have Place in … [Read more...]