CuttingWater

Sunday, December 26, 2010

12th day of Christmas ,,, is finally over

Amy Kalisher & me, her 2nd day back in the water.
After a well needed rest, the final Christmas swim was completed. 8am, the early morning regulars waited patiently for the doors of the Mansfield Community Center to open before the predicted snow to fly. I wanted to get my final yards before the weather changed for the worse.

On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...

Twelve Five-Hundreds (12 x 500)

No drills, just mixing up the time standards.
1-3: on the 7:30
4-6: on the 7:25
7-9: on the 7:20
10-12: on the 7:15
= 6,000 yards

Dream, Prepare, Succeed

1 comment:

  1. LOVE this pic of you & Amy. YEAH I am so psyched she is swimming again. Thanks for posting it, Marcie.
    Cris from the pool... (short "girl" blue suit, Friday mornings, later than you :-)
    PS: I got another vote to hold off on bunion surgery from Fleet Feet running store in West Hartford. So I'm gonna hold off on seeing you professionally until I am in pain (which I hope is never!).

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2015 ... 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.

That is why I am teaming up with our Connecticut-based “Homes for the Brave”. Can you imagine not having a place to call home?

Here is more information about Homes for the Brave! -Facebook pages – https://www.facebook.com/pages/ABRIHomes-for-the-Brave/199613606735630?ref=hl

- Annual Appeal with more information about our financials and programs- http://www.homesforthebrave.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/HFTB-2014-Annual-Report-FINAL.pdf

-Check donations can be mailed to the following address:
Homes for the Brave
655 Park Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604

- Donations can be made online as well: https://homesforthebrave.isecuresites.com/products/index.php?type=1110

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.