From 50th Place to 3 World Records with Anna McLean | What's Your Story with Jaime and Stan Ep. 84

From 50th Place to 3 World Records with Anna McLean | What's Your Story with Jaime and Stan Ep. 84

April 28, 2026 · 58 min · Episode 84

About this episode

Anna McLean shares her journey from being the slowest girl on the team to setting three world records by rowing across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

What happens when the "slowest girl on the team" decides to row across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans? Anna McLean reveals the exact mental shift—and the "Ferrari pit stop" secret involving massive amounts of Nutella—that helped her survive 40-foot waves and 47 days of isolation. Learn why your biggest regrets 20 years from now won't be the risks you took, but the ones you didn't.

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