Tag: cold-water-swimming
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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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If Carlsberg made birthdays…
To prove that we are made of the stuff that could even contemplate a channel swim, we were required to complete a qualifying swim. Essentially this a swim completed in water of less than 16 degrees Celsius – we were required to swim initially for 90 minutes, emerge from the water for 60 – 90…