Well, we did it! We swam from Europe to Africa and raised over $100,000 for Worldreader– thanks to you! The three of us experienced different things during the swim, so we thought we’d each share them with you. Again, thank… Read More ›
Emily Kunze
Briefing: Curious Whales, Currents and a Final Sprint to Barcelona
Monday we finally met the gatekeeper to the Strait, Rafa Gutiérrez Mesa, from the ACNEG (Strait of Gibraltar Swimming Association) for a debriefing of the swim. Here are the details from the meeting: 1) June 21st. The last swimmable day… Read More ›
Emily: “Wait, we’re supposed to swim across that!?”
Emily, Mauricio, Mark and I arrived yesterday to Tarifa and holy mother of winds–it’s seriously blowin’ here! It’s actually hard to stand up straight. It feels like we’re in a hurricane. It’s no wonder that no one has been allowed… Read More ›
Our new friend, Rafa!
Where Emily and I train also happens to be one of Spain’s best tennis breeding grounds. The pool is almost always empty and we enjoy it year-round. Incidentally, we’ve noticed that club members don’t know what to make of the… Read More ›
Swimming for Something Bigger Than Me
When you swim for hours, your mind wanders. For those hard-core open water swimmers out there, I will remind you that we are still just getting back into shape, so an 8k in the pool qualifies as a long mind-wandering… Read More ›
The Three Women on the Team
Three out of 25. That’s what we would be. 3 out of 25 American women who’ve ever crossed the Strait of Gibraltar. Only 91 women have crossed since 1928- It’s mind blowing to be a part of this! And, we’re… Read More ›
Interview Susan and Emily after their 10K Sitges swim
Emily, Susan and I swam the 10K Marnaton from Sitges to Port Ginesta. Beautiful sunny day, current against us in the second half of the swim. I finished in 2:58 and was very proud of Susan who finished at 3:10 and… Read More ›
Menorca Team Training
This weekend marked our first “team training”. Normally when you think of swimming you think of a very solitary sport but when crossing the Straits, it’s important that we can all swim together at the same pace for 4-7 hours… Read More ›
Susan and Emily back in the 80’s
Susan Moody at age 10, already showing great form. A few years later she would be swimming the 200 fly at 2’06” Emily Kunze at age 13, getting into the zone before crushing her opponents in the pool
