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CHILDLESSNESS: The Roughest Waters of a Marathon Swimmer’s Life

CHILDLESSNESS: The Roughest Waters of a Marathon Swimmer’s Life

  • Post author:Rob Hutchings
  • Post published:February 28, 2022
  • Post category:Uncategorized
  • Post comments:16 Comments

My hands sliced through the pristine surging currents after making it through the most challenging part of my adventure: a hairpin bend with fast-flowing rapids, a steep and imposing rock…

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Anxiety in the Rapids to Publication

Anxiety in the Rapids to Publication

  • Post author:Rob Hutchings
  • Post published:October 6, 2021
  • Post category:Marathon Swimming / Self-Made Multi-Sport Adventures
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Making the turn towards the town of Murchinson, the Buller River came into view for the first time in about nine months. The previous April, I’d just finished mountain biking…

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CLUTHA RIVER SWIM: IF SOMETHING BRINGS YOU JOY, IT IS WORTH DOING

CLUTHA RIVER SWIM: IF SOMETHING BRINGS YOU JOY, IT IS WORTH DOING

  • Post author:Rob Hutchings
  • Post published:July 25, 2021
  • Post category:Marathon Swimming / Self-Made Multi-Sport Adventures
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First published by Tansy Boggon March 3 2020, Joyful Eating Nutrition It was a whirlwind of a week supporting my husband, Rob, as he swam the 256 km length of…

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Akaroa Harbour and Three Day Swim Trek Adventure
Nearly at Elephant Rock, Akaroa Harbour Swim

Akaroa Harbour and Three Day Swim Trek Adventure

  • Post author:Rob Hutchings
  • Post published:May 24, 2021
  • Post category:Marathon Swimming / Self-Made Multi-Sport Adventures
  • Post comments:2 Comments

A Deleted Chapter from my Upcoming Book - Downriver Nomad: A Triathlete's Adventures and Adversity Into the Rapids Akaroa Harbour Swim Akaroa Harbour Swim After coming home from an adventure…

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Lake Coleridge Swim: Reflecting on Endurance Sport and Writing a Book.
Swimming the Glacial Lake Coleridge

Lake Coleridge Swim: Reflecting on Endurance Sport and Writing a Book.

  • Post author:Rob Hutchings
  • Post published:April 25, 2021
  • Post category:Marathon Swimming
  • Post comments:1 Comment

The frost was still on the ground when I stepped out of the van at the far end of glacial Lake Coleridge. A few days after Christmas 2020, one of…

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Epic Adventures for the Mere Mortal Athlete Adventurer

Epic Adventures for the Mere Mortal Athlete Adventurer

  • Post author:Rob Hutchings
  • Post published:November 9, 2020
  • Post category:Marathon Swimming / Self-Made Multi-Sport Adventures
  • Post comments:3 Comments

I’ve now read the incredible book, “The Art of Resilience” by Ross Edgely. For those unfamiliar with him, in 2018, he spent 2018 days at sea and became the first…

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River Swimming – a Metaphor for Life

River Swimming – a Metaphor for Life

  • Post author:Rob Hutchings
  • Post published:October 17, 2020
  • Post category:Marathon Swimming
  • Post comments:0 Comments

The Buller River was a swim that I'd unconsciously brushed off as a 'training' swim for what I was considering my summer main event, a multi day swim down the…

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Buller River Swim

Buller River Swim

  • Post author:Rob Hutchings
  • Post published:October 11, 2020
  • Post category:Marathon Swimming
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Gazing out the window of a shuttle van was when the inspiration hit me to have yet another amazing Kiwi adventure that one could argue was a little outside the…

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The Clutha River Swim

The Clutha River Swim

  • Post author:Rob Hutchings
  • Post published:September 25, 2020
  • Post category:Marathon Swimming
  • Post comments:2 Comments

With about two kilometres to go, the magnitude of what I had accomplished over the last four and a half days dawned on me. I’d come 256 kilometres from a…

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