How Diana Nyad’s Epic Florida Swim Redefined What’s Possible

Many of us fall into the trap of believing that as we grow older, the best years of our lives are already behind us, leaving us with little to look forward to or strive for in the future. Diana Nyad was no different. Once a successful long-distance swimmer, Nyad said goodbye to competitive swimming on her 30th birthday in 1979 to pursue a career in broadcast journalism, thinking that her latest record-breaking 89-mile-long swim from the Bahamas to Florida would be her last. And for 30 years, it