Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Feedings during Long Swims


18 days until Manhattan Island Swim.

71 days until tide opens for English Channel


A good day at the pool, 10,300 yards. My last practice for 2 weeks with a swimming partner, John is heading over to Tuscany, I can't wait to retire. I didn't take my Ibuprofen last night, the walls hurt my back more today, but got through the workout.


Feeding during Long Swims


All swimmers have their particular style to taking in nutrients during a long swim. Some use baskets, some use poles to transfer their food.


The swimmers crew is very important in this matter. They are the swimmers lifeline.


I prefer to tether a cup or a water bottle (no top) to a line. My crew leans over the boat and hands the bottle to me while I am treading water. The bottle opening is wide enough for a fast feed but it steady enough not to spill in the water, unless the conditions are rough.


It is important to take in as much of the feed as possible, it is your fuel.


I usually take 30-50 seconds for a feed, and that is not really very fast. Fast swimmers feed in less than 10 seconds, but that is another lesson that I will not be teaching.


Dream, Prepare, Succeed.

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Swimming for Homes for the Brave

After spending the past 20 years paddling from Dover to France, it is time to venture into new waters, while helping some special people.
Soon, I will be traveling with my A-team to Scotland to swim the length of the famous Loch Ness.
As always, I try to help a Foundation raise funds and awareness and I thank you for interest and support.
I am deeply troubled with the thought of homeless individuals, especially in our US Veteran population.

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655 Park Avenue
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Please write “Loch Ness Swim/Marcy” to track your donation.


I will always be dedicating my swimming to all those battling cancer and in the memory of 4 special people in my life. Cancer first hit my family when I was young. My grand-aunt Eleanor Kersavage, passed away with uterine cancer and my Auntie Bea Halchak battled with brain cancer.

On January 1, 2002, our LEHY family lost Nikki Giampolo to bone cancer, just turning 16 years old. Her spirit still lives on in our East Hartford swim team.

In July of 2009, my brother-in-law, Gregory Allen Urban, who passed away, after a valient battle with lung cancer. I can see him now, talking about cars and projects around the house, music and his family.

I know Aunties, Eleanor and Bea, Nikki, Greg and all the angels will help me CUT through all this water this summer.

The St. Vincent's Medical Center Foundation, based in Bridgeport, CT provides financial support for the needs that Health insurance companies don't cover, in addition to providing affordable cancer screening, wigs, medication and other things to make life easier for those suffering with cancer and their families.

Please make a donation, and thank you.

Online donations can be made at: http://give.stvincents.org

or you can send a check through the post to:

Swim Across the Sound
St. Vincent's Medical Center Foundation
2800 Main Street
Bridgeport, CT 06606
(203)576-5451

Thank you so very much, peace and good health to all.