Oct 7, 2026 · 33 min · 13 segments
This week we chat with author Lisa Brace about the benefits of self publishing vs traditional, writing historical and contemporary fiction. We find out what to do when Simon Cowell visits you in a…
The noise was the loudest thing I'd heard since my Olympic trials back in Blackpool.
Set, I arched my back in preparation to dive in and winced at the pain that raged through my body.
The pistol rang out and I instinctively dived in, just as I had hundreds and hundreds of times before.
It felt like I was swimming through cement and my limbs had forgotten how to work.
Trying and failing to find my rhythm, I misjudged my breathing and inhaled a mouthful of pool water, which caused me to choke.
Water streamed out of my nose and mouth and I watched as the American began to pull away from me.
The phrase reverberated as I continued in the water and breathed through the pain the way I had every time I'd gone into the sea or the pool.
I began to ignore the pains and the cement water and instead made peace with the pool.
The third length disappeared, and I was on the fourth and final meters in a 200-meter race.
Reaching into myself for something else, I kicked again, and I felt it this time.
The noise was the loudest thing I'd heard since my Olympic trials back in Blackpool.
Set, I arched my back in preparation to dive in and winced at the pain that raged through my body.
The pistol rang out and I instinctively dived in, just as I had hundreds and hundreds of times before.
It felt like I was swimming through cement and my limbs had forgotten how to work.
Trying and failing to find my rhythm, I misjudged my breathing and inhaled a mouthful of pool water, which caused me to choke.
Water streamed out of my nose and mouth and I watched as the American began to pull away from me.
The phrase reverberated as I continued in the water and breathed through the pain the way I had every time I'd gone into the sea or the pool.
I began to ignore the pains and the cement water and instead made peace with the pool.
The third length disappeared, and I was on the fourth and final meters in a 200-meter race.
Reaching into myself for something else, I kicked again, and I felt it this time.
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