Tag: channelswim
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The channel
I delayed writing this post – at the time it felt like something that had happened to someone else and I thought it would take time to sink in. It still feels like an adventure that someone else achieved! At 0145 on the 12th June 2024, we had a date to meet with the pilot…
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Tracking
As mentioned – we are scheduled to do our channel swim attempt starting at 0145 on Wednesday June 12th from Dover. We will be on Anastasia with pilot Eddie Spelling. Our team name is 2 bras and no knickers. You can track us here: https://cspf.co.uk/tracking/235023353 The thinking is that it will be a “nice day…
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Race around the UK?
The telephone call came on Saturday, post a tired park run and equally weary swim. Our window is due to start on the 11th June – we were scheduled to swim on the 12th June at 0145. Having expected that the likelihood was that we’d swim at the end of our window, the immediacy sent…
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Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside!
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside! Oh I do like to be beside sea! Oh I do like to bound into the waves so cold And run until my feet lose their foothold So let me be beside the seaside! I’ll be beside myself with glee! Anderby’s hosted us well Beside the…
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Turning back time
As the leaves turn from green, to gold, orange and red, most people start to think of all things wintry – the dark evenings and the cooling of the weather. The night upon which the clocks go back sits at the crux of that point when autumn disappears and winter emerges. With the exception of…
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Lingerie
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a woman (who has completed an early morning swim session) in possession of two good bras, must be in want of a pair of knickers.
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Beware the judgement of the fleshy overcoat
A couple of years ago, I joined a gym. Not just any gym, but the M&S of gyms – those that have all the whistles and bells, a pool, a sauna and a cafe. Hot on the tails of the pandemic, it was a company keen to show solidarity with key workers and so offered…
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It’s like riding a bike…
In my experience, all big adventures are made up of mini-adventures. Even a middle distance triathlon contains highs and lows – a glorious and stunning swim can be followed by a legs failing to work out how to pedal on a bike and the runs can switch from fast waddle to springing scamper to trailing…
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The couch
I confess the couch described verges on the touch of hyperbole. I may have indulged in one or two sporting endeavours in the past. My university years were squandered messing about in boats, competing in races (even a slightly famous race on the TV!). Alas, I had to grow up. A job on the wards…
Couch to Enduroman 