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On Obsessions: The Man Who Swam 10,000 Days in a Row

by Heidi Armstrong | Apr 6, 2017 | athletic injury, coping with injury, injured athlete, injured athlete help, injured athlete motivation, injury guidance, injury recovery

Might you be an obsessive athlete? It’s the first Saturday in September, on a mercifully cool Texas summer morning. I’m sitting under a gnarled old pecan tree, plump with nuts, watching a remarkable event unfold before my eyes. A man I know through swimming is...

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