Romance In Rough Water Makes For Smooth Sailing
“Swimming is what brought my wife Cynthia I together – we met at a masters swim workout.
The laps added up but one thing was for sure: workouts were always more fun when Cynthia was there,” explained Mike Lewis about his seriously fast, multi-national champion wife on Speedo’s Unforgettable Swims.
“But there’s one swim that stands out above the rest. It’s a swim of roughly 4 kilometers in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Cabo San Lucas.
Originating on the beach in front of the Finistera Hotel Cynthia and I jumped in the warm blue water to swim to the iconic arch at Land’s End – the tip of Baja California. With each stroke, my mind was racing. You see the entire time I knew I had an important conversation I wanted to have with Cynthia on this trip and it was during this swim I was determined to execute my plan. So as we bobbed up and down at the tip of Baja, we lifted our goggles, I looked her in the eyes and told her I wanted to spend the rest of our lives together and asked her to be my wife.
I always love swimming with “CJ” – but this swim stands out as my unforgettable swim.”
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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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