{"id":7711,"date":"2013-09-05T02:01:02","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T06:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=7711"},"modified":"2013-09-05T00:29:56","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T04:29:56","slug":"meet-diana-nyad-woman-swam-cuba-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/social\/meet-diana-nyad-woman-swam-cuba-florida.html","title":{"rendered":"Meet Diana Nyad, The Woman That Swam From Cuba To Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7712\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Diana-Nyad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7712\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7712\" alt=\"Diana Nyad\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Diana-Nyad.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Diana-Nyad.jpg 700w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Diana-Nyad-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture source: <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/wireStory\/nyad-makes-1st-night-cuba-fla-swim-20130609\" target=\"_blank\">abc news<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Diana Nyad, a 64 year old woman (and decorated endurance swimmer) has just completed a record-breaking swim. She swam from Cuba to Florida nonstop, without a shark cage, and it took her 52 hours to complete the journey. Yes, she was swimming for more than two days nonstop. She has been attempting this journey for the past 35 years (she was 28 when she started), and this was her 5th time. She also said it would be her last attempt, win or fail. I&#8217;m glad she won.<\/p>\n<p>You know, I can barely complete a 30-minute intense exercise without stopping, and I am not 30 yet. But here we are, a 64 year old woman has just blown serious smoke in my face. I can&#8217;t even swim from one end of the pool to the other without stopping. For starters, I only learned to float in June, while on vacation in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t really understand the motivation behind Ms. Nyad&#8217;s dream, but I don&#8217;t have to understand it. All that matters is that she understands it. I have dreams of my own [that do not include swimming at all], and some day, I&#8217;ll blog about them. \u00a0Reading about a 64 year old woman who had the courage to chase her dreams, in spite of the challenges I&#8217;m sure she had, is really making me feel the need to work harder, step it up several notches, and fight like my life depends on it to live the life that I dream of in my head. \u00a0All I can say now is congratulations to Diana Nyad. May you never stop dreaming and living.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere in Shark Land, I know the sharks are mad at themselves, like, how the heck did she pass by? She would have served as an appetizer for at least one shark. But I&#8217;m really picturing this woman swimming and thinking, wooooooooowwwww! I throway all my yansh for her.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your wildest, craziest dream?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diana Nyad, a 64 year old woman (and decorated endurance swimmer) has just completed a record-breaking swim. 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