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This book has been a long time in the making – not in the writing of it, but in the living of it. Fourteen years is a very long time and gratitude has to be extended to all those who lived through it with me and loved me anyway.

To my family, near and far: sometimes I have dragged them, sometimes they have dragged me, through all my adventures, both anticipated and unexpected. Special mention to my lovely husband who did more diets than is humanly decent and my children whose perspective has helped reframe my own.

To my friends: those who were there before the storm and sailed through it and those who met me since and accepted it. There are no words to describe how much I love you.

To those individuals who allowed me to use their stories in this book: I have deliberately changed names and places and kept descriptions to a minimum but I hope I have done you all justice. Often it was your generosity that saved me.

To a fantastic publishing team: thank you, Melinda Ferguson, for inspiring me, for believing in this and pushing it for months. And thank you to Sean Fraser for an amazing edit. This book is better because of you. Thank you, too, to all the behind-the-scenes people who make books possible.

To all the swimmers, the people I swim with often and those on the periphery. You all inspire me over and over. You all know who you are.