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Some swimmers follow the textbook.Others rewrite it.At the 2026 Winter Masters Distance Invitational in Oro Valley, Arizona, Doug Springer did exactly that. At 80 years old, he’s still racing, still training, still working, and recently ad…

Stand behind the blocks long enough and you will hear it.The voice that asks if you’re ready.The voice that reminds you of your last bad race.The voice that wonders if today is the day you come up short.It doesn’t matter if you&rsquo…

There’s something surreal about leaving a night shift filled with flashing lights and urgent decisions, then walking straight onto a quiet pool deck at sunrise. One world runs on adrenaline. The other runs on repetition and rhythm.Che’…

Masters swimmers understand effort. You train. You recover. You try to do the right things. And still, there are stretches when the body just doesn’t bounce back the way you expect.When that happens, most of us look first at training volume …

Bryanna Lacey didn’t ease her way back into swimming. She committed to it.At 28, racing for Swim Fort Lauderdale, Bryanna stands out not just for her results but for the intention behind them. She’s a third-year medical student rotatin…

Some swimming stories are not about returning to the pool. They are about never really leaving it.On deck during the Fall Classic Short Course Meters Meet at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center, we sat down with Joe Wotton of Swim Melbourne Masters…

Some returns do not feel like comebacks. They feel quieter than that. More honest. More necessary.On deck during the Fall Classic Short Course Meters Meet at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center, we sat down with Lauren Anderson of Palm Beach Master…

Peggy McDonnell never grew up thinking she’d be a national champion swimmer.Her early relationship with the water looked a lot like many summer stories do. Country club pools. Short races. Fifty-yard dashes under the sun. No high school team…

Kirk Clear has a way of filling space, whether it’s on a pool deck, in a volunteer meeting, or lighting up an entire neighborhood in December. At 58, swimming with Swim Melbourne Masters, Kirk carries decades of Masters swimming history with h…

Eddie Tiozzo brings an uncommon blend of precision and curiosity to the pool deck. At 52, racing for Fort Lauderdale, he swims with the focus of a scientist and the openness of someone who still enjoys being challenged by the work. His background sp…

Eve Maidenberg brings a certain kind of confidence to the pool deck. It’s quiet, earned, and rooted in years of showing up. At 49, racing for Agua Masters out of New York City, she moves through Masters swimming with both intensity and ease, b…

William Robinson didn’t wander back into swimming.He came back with intention, stayed with conviction, and now swims with a sense of purpose that goes well beyond the lane lines.At 69, William swims with Team Gold in Florida. He’s an…

Tim Shead does not lead with numbers when he talks about swimming.He talks about people. Training partners who show up. Sets that stretch your patience. Long stretches of work where progress is slow enough that most people would walk away. And a b…

Healing does not always begin with more effort. Sometimes it begins with better fuel.Dr. Zulia Frost is a medical doctor whose work in light-based healing was shaped not by theory, but by lived experience. After surviving a devastating car acciden…

Fear rarely announces itself loudly. More often, it shows up as hesitation, delay, or the quiet decision to stay comfortable. Brian Bergford’s story reminds us that fear doesn’t fade on its own. It changes when we decide to meet it diffe…

How Jeff Commings Trains Like a World-Class Masters Swimmer While Working Full TimeTakeaways to Help You Live Well and Swim WellIf you are a Masters swimmer, triathlete or busy adult trying to fit training into a full life, this episode with Jef…

If you watched Survivor Season 39, you remember her. Second-to-last person voted out. A brutal idol nullifier ended her run, but not her momentum. Janet Carbin didn’t just survive the island—she rewrote what “older” can do on…

From 300-Pound Chef to 9:15 Ironman: Will Liebig’s Playbook for Real ChangeSome stories land like a spark. Will Liebig’s lit a bonfire.On today’s show we sat down with Will, a professionally trained chef who once weighed 300 po…

Masters swimming did not just welcome Rachael back to the water. It rebuilt her. It gave her a lane to heal, a tribe to cheer her on, and a rhythm that turned pain into progress. Years after an alligator took most of her right arm, Rachael stood on …

We just re-released one of the most powerful and popular conversations we’ve ever had on Champion’s Mojo. Our guest on Episode 287 is world-class Masters swimmer, ER doctor, and all-around extraordinary human being—Kurt Dickson. I …

After nearly 300 interviews with Olympians, world champions, and top experts, I can say without hesitation that my conversation with Dr. Colleen Hacker was one of the most illuminating and transformative interviews I’ve ever done on mindset. T…

It’s a photo I love: me dancing with my father. Whenever I see it, I hear Luther Vandross in my head—“one final dance with him, a song that never ends.” The lyrics hold so much of what grief feels like: love distilled into a …

Attending NC State’s celebration of 50 years of women’s swimming was a truly unforgettable experience. As a proud alum and former team captain of the Wolfpack women’s swim team, this milestone brought back a flood of cherished memo…

When it comes to representing world-class athletes, understanding their unique challenges, aspirations, and pressures is crucial. Enter Cejih (CG) Yung, a prominent sports agent whose unmatched expertise comes from not only advocating for Olympic st…