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BROKEN: It’s about how you respond to adversity.
Despite facing much adversity, Bob Fernald successfully swam across the English Channel on July 22, 2014, in a time of 10 hours and 50 minutes (the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation’s fastest swim for 2014). Bob will share his story and experiences with us in this month's series on BROKEN.
Bob Fernald, a Portsmouth Native, is a local ultra marathon distance swimmer, and open water swim coach. Finding swimming later in life, Bob has pursued a passion that has put him on a short list of world class open water swimmers. The English Channel, and the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim are a few of his recent accomplishments.
photo by Rich Beauchesne
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How did I do it? I crawled.
This was really the lesson: the more people heard my story, the more people came out of the woodwork and became vested in my success. It was overwhelming. Such a great thing.
Without you, things remain BROKEN. Your victories are the compilations of small wins.
When times get tough, think about persevering. Ultimately, the right resources will come to you.
The mental part is the tougher part of the two. Because it's the mental part that tells the physical part to go or not.
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