CuttingWater

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Thank you for all your support, concern and prayers.

So is it over??? That really is a question I will answer to myself in the future. I haven't given up swimming, and even on Saturday, the 19th, the Day After, with a full night of sleep and good breakfast, what a difference a Day Makes. Heather, our young swimming friend from Florida (a triple crowner) came up from Dover, so what else do channel swimmers do... go for a swim. Not to say I wasn't a bit sore, but I felt OKAY. A couple of tweekes but nothing out of the ordinary.
Also joining us, is one of my favorite swim partners from CT, Amanda, she won't touch the water, too cold for her, but we have a adventure for Sunday... more tomorrow.

6 comments:

  1. You don’t need to retire, Marcy nobody’s asking you to do that but maybe there’s another exciting place to swim???

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  2. Hi Marcy and I'm sorry you didn't finish this channel swim. You are an amazing athlete and have accomplished so much in your swimming life and you are such an inspiration to those of us who know you and swim with you. See you soon back in the Tolland pool! Ellen

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  3. You go girl. Best, Dave from Star Hill

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  4. Marcy. Beyond impressive you are. And part of it is knowing when it stops being fun or maybe safe. I’m a bit(smile ) older than you and we all know when it’s time to do a flip turn and change direction.
    What an amazing career, and what an amazing human you are! Jeri

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  5. Wow, thanks for sharing! And thanks for the cap :) - and yes, sometimes the body just needs to be rested to perform - I have experienced it myself and seen it in others. To fly in from the US and do a double without any rest is not for everyone.... (and Anne was a few years younger when she did that!)

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  6. Wow thanks for sharing! And thanks for the cap :) - And yes, sometimes the body needs to be rested to perform, I have experienced it myself and seen it in others - not everyone can fly in from the US and do a double without any rest (and Anne was a few years younger when she did that!) - All the best, Vasanti

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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.