Ryf and Bakkegard Take Race Record Wins at Dubai 70 3 slowtwitch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from slowtwitch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Burbank teen to swim 25 miles to raise donations for combating food insecurity in SoCal
KABC
Share:
BURBANK, Calif. (KABC) A North Hollywood teen has a goal to outswim hunger and she s doing it by swimming 25 miles this weekend.
Edie Markovich, 15, is training for the most difficult swim of her life: 25 miles of continuous swimming in one of the 25-yard lanes at the Verdugo Aquatic Facility in Burbank. I m very excited but not nervous. I m confident that everything is going to go well, Markovich said.
This isn t a competition, and Markovich isn t swimming to set a record. Instead, she s raising money for thousands of people in Southern California suffering from food insecurity.
Bay News: Paihia Russell swim, Ōkaihau horses, Okiato tsunami, Deep Water Cove snorkel day
11 Mar, 2021 02:00 AM
8 minutes to read
Rebecca Hamilton hits Russell beach after swimming from Paihia, and raising over $7000 in the process.
Rebecca Hamilton hits Russell beach after swimming from Paihia, and raising over $7000 in the process.
Northern Advocate
From Paihia to Kororāreka the hard way A few years ago, when Rebecca Hamilton was confined to a hospital bed for three months with a complicated pregnancy, she began to dream of an open water swim. Trouble is, she lived in Washington DC, USA, with not an ocean in sight so it stayed no more than a crazy idea .
A Gravel(ish) Handlebar is the New Aero Road Bar slowtwitch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from slowtwitch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
What I m reading: Author Fiona Sussman on her favourite books of the moment
5 Mar, 2021 09:00 PM
3 minutes to read
By: FIona Sussman The focus of my artistic life, says George Saunders in his latest book, has been trying to learn to write emotionally moving stories that a reader feels compelled to finish. A few years ago, I had the privilege of attending an Auckland Writers Festival masterclass by this distinguished writer. It was an incredible 90 minutes. Saunders, who has taught creative writing at Syracuse University for more than 20 years, was generous with his insights, conveying wisdoms about the writing process and writer s life in an accessible, inspiring way. You can imagine my excitement when my daughter gifted me A Swim in the Pond in the Rain, a distillation of his Syracuse course, in which seven short stories by great Russian writers are springboards for examining the craft and reflecting on the significance of storytelling. I have just begun t