About this episode

In this episode, William Ellis interviews marathon swimmer Shannon Keegan about her experiences with long swims and the mental aspects of swimming as one ages.

(Available to subscribers only until the end of Season 5) This guest is a fellow podcaster, and marathon swimmer who has been undertaking some extremely long challenges… we chat about hallucinating on a 29 hour swim, optimising efficiency as a swimmer to mitigate volume, letting go of the idea of a secret key to completing a long swim, what swimming means to you as you get older and the mental gymnastics of planning bonkers swims. It’s Shannon Keegan!

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