Marital Bliss In The Open Water
Penny and Chris Palfrey have established a special sort of marital bliss with bonds that go deep.Deep as in real deep. Channel deep.
“We both know what the deal is,” said Chris in an Australian television interview.
“We know what we’re doing it for and the reasons that we’re getting up at ridiculous hours every morning and so we’re both really quite self motivated.”
Chris’ “it” is a solo swim across the 26-mile Molokai Channel between Molokai and Oahu. Penny’s “it” is a solo swim across the 72-mile Kaieiewaho Channel between Oahu and Kauai.
“The challenge of these really big ones now I couldn’t do earlier in my life because I was raising the children,” said Penny, the mother of three. “So there’s only I guess a fairly small window when you have that opportunity to get out and do them. Oh I love it. I know that in 10 years or so I can’t turn the clock back and do the things I’m doing now.”
Chris is shown above after a warm marathon swim in Florida.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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