Melodee Nugent, Swimming Pain Free
Melodee Nugent, Swimming Pain Free
Courtesy of Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.52-year-old Melodee Nugent is a lifelong pool and marathon swimmer. In the 2019 Go The Distance U.S. Masters Swimming competition, she swam the most miles among women at 1,620 (2,607,000 meters) over the course of the year.
Nugent swam 186 of those 1,620 miles with the new FINIS Stream that enables swimmers to pair the bone conduction speakers with their smartwatch to freely and conveniently stream music, audio books, or podcasts directly from their Spotify, Apple Music or other services.
She explains her pain-free experience above.
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