E51 - Dean Madsen - Training for a 40km Swim with Parkinsons.

About this episode

Dean Madsen shares his inspiring journey of training for long-distance swims while living with Parkinson's disease.

Send us Fan Mail This week we sit down with Auckland swimmer Dean Madsen — a man who knows what it means to push limits in and out of the water. Dean’s journey started in the world of triathlon and Ironman, where endurance and grit became part of his DNA. These days his focus is on two of New Zealand’s greatest open water challenges: the 40km Lake Taupō crossing and the legendary Cook Strait swim. But Dean’s story goes much deeper than training and KM's. Over the past year he’s faced a ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jim, Duncan

Guest: Dean Madsen

Topics covered

• endurance swimming
• Parkinson's disease
• open water challenges
• triathlon
• personal journey

Keywords

• Dean Madsen
• 40km swim
• Parkinson's
• Lake Taupō
• Cook Strait
• endurance
• triathlon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SwimScape, Ironman

Places: Auckland, Lake Taupō, Cook Strait

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