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Podcast: The SwimSwam Podcast
Episode: SSPC: Marathon Swimmer Catherine Breed Details Racing 20+ Mile Ocean Swims
Description: We sat down with Catherine Breed, an NCAA All-American swimmer from Cal who was always a distance swimmer but now is seriously a distance swimmer. Catherine trains for marathon swims, which typically means swims that are over 20 miles in the ocean. In her most recent swim, the Monterey Bay swim, Breed broke the record for the fastest swim across the bay in a time of 2 hours and 53 minutes.
Listen to Breed as she describes her training for events like this as well as some of her stories about swimming through jellyfish, in the dark, and in the...