As for training and preparing for this Swim Around Key West, Knight has spent the past four months training not only in the pool and ocean, but also on land.
“It was all core work,” said Knight. “I would just get in the pool and try 30, 40 minutes straight of just dolphin kick with the fin on itself. And I would also cross train with it. I was doing a lot of aerial yoga, core work, TRX suspension training, trying to get everything in shape,” said Knight, who is also sponsored by Kelly’s Aerial Arts and Fitness, located in Key West.

However, according to the former University of Nevada, Las Vegas swimmer, it will be the mental aspect and now the physical that will most likely be the toughest part about the swim. “I think the most difficult part is probably going to be the mental side,” he continued. “The last time I did it, it was a big mental thing. You get around it but now because. I’m not going to be using my arms as much and it’s going to be solid core.” When Knight first swam around Key West, he finished near the five-hour mark. 

This time around, Knight says, his personal goal is to just reach the finish line using the monofin. “It’s just to finish. I’d love to try to finish around the same time as I did when I swam it (in 2015). Because I’m not going to be using my arms, it’s going to be all core. I’m shooting for around five hours and just to be the first person to do it. I’m confident, but again this is such a long endurance race. After a few miles, your mind starts to change about things, but I’ve done Iron Mans and I’ve done a lot of endurance things like that, so I don’t think it’s nothing I can’t handle.”