""It felt really surreal," Goodwin said. "It was beautiful, in terms of, you'd put your arm in the water and there's this streak of blue, vibrant light. And, I guess, it kinda felt like it was celebration in some way: You're getting close to the finish and you're really going to do it.""
""To be that close to the finish and have nature around me and, say, lighting my path," Goodwin said, "I love nature and it was so cool to have that, coming into the finish with sparkles. ... I love sparkles.""
Michelle Goodwin, 31, swam from Dover, England to beaches near Cap Gris Nez in Northern France, covering about 21 miles in 15 hours and 24 minutes. Jellyfish stings left her sore and exhausted during the crossing, and her support boat momentarily veered away a kilometer from shore, leaving her to finish alone while trailing a guiding dinghy. As she neared land under a pitch-black midnight sky, bioluminescent water produced vibrant blue streaks that lit her path. Goodwin trains and works in San Francisco as a bonds trader and traveled with family and supporters who followed and celebrated her achievement.
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