One Stroke at a Time: Open Water Swimmers Share Their Stories of Determination, Resilience and Passion

This book features the accounts of 33 open water swimmers: their highs and lows, their successes and failures. There are stories of swims done all over the world - including the iconic English Channel and Robben Island crossings - and accounts of record-breaking swims.
There are common threads which run through the narratives. From a physical perspective, there's the commitment to hours and hours of training, and the perseverance, tenacity and sometimes discomfort which goes along with that....