Just Keep Swimming with Sarah Thomas (Episode 127)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

When life gets hard, many of us channel our inner Dory, put our heads down, and “Just keep swimming.” Nobody, but nobody, embodies this ethos more than this week’s guest ultraendurance swimmer Sarah Thomas. In Sarah’s 40 years on this planet, she has endured chemo, radiation, and surgery for aggressive breast cancer, a traumatic ectopic pregnancy, and the challenges of cancer-related medical menopause. She has also smashed preconceived notions of what is possible, becoming the first person to complete a four-way crossing of the English Channel in 54 hours and 10 minutes just one year after completing her cancer treatments. We talk all about her journey through the difficult, murky waters of medical menopause and her ability to literally swim for days despite the challenges and adversity she’s faced in her life.

Sarah Thomas is an ultra-marathon swimmer who holds the current world record for the longest continuous (unassisted, non-wetsuit) swim done in current-neutral conditions. That record-breaking swim covered 104.6 miles over 67 hours and was completed in Lake Champlain (USA) in August of 2017. Shortly after completing this swim, Sarah, then 35, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer that demanded equally aggressive treatments. Through it all, Sarah never gave up on her dream of doing a swim that most people thought was impossible, a four-way crossing of the English Channel, which she completed one year after finishing cancer treatments. Recently, Sarah became the first person in history to complete a two-way crossing of the North Channel, 21 hours and 46 minutes in freezing water, peppered with giant jellyfish. You can learn more about her and follow her blog at sarahthomasswims.com.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:31.6	Hello, strong, feisty women.
0:34.2	I have such a treat for you this week. I had the pleasure of sitting down with
0:40.2	ultra-endurance swimmer Sarah Thomas. And if you don't know who Sarah Thomas is, I will contend
0:47.0	that it's because she is far too freaking humble because this woman should be a household name,
0:53.3	in my opinion. In Sarah Thomas's
0:56.0	40 years on this planet, she has endured chemo, radiation, and surgery for aggressive breast
1:02.5	cancer, a traumatic, ectopic pregnancy, and the challenges of cancer-related medical menopause.
1:10.0	She has also smashed the preconceived notions of what is possible in the water,
1:15.6	becoming the first person to complete a four-way crossing of the English Channel
1:21.6	in 54 hours and 10 minutes, just one year after completing her cancer treatments. Most recently, Sarah has become
1:29.8	the first person in history to complete a two-way crossing of the North Channel in 21 hours
1:35.6	and 46 minutes in freezing water, peppered by giant jellyfish. She holds the record also for being the first person to swim Lake Champlain,
1:47.3	which if you don't know, that covers, oh, 104.6 miles. And she did that in just over 67 hours.
1:56.2	I could go on and on and on, but I will let her tell you about it in the show. I just want to say,
2:03.4	Sarah, you are a rock star and I am blown away by what you do. Her next goal, for those who are
2:09.9	interested, is she wants to complete the two swims that she has left in the Ocean's Sevens Challenge,
2:16.6	which comprises seven long distance open water swims
2:20.3	across the most dangerous sea channels in the world.
2:24.5	Sarah writes beautifully about her swimming and the challenges that she has faced in her life
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