I’ve come to believe that things happen when they’re meant to. That we meet the right people at the right time, in ways we don’t expect. That’s exactly what happened the day I met Sophie Durlacher. It was a typical open water session with The Cambridge Swimming Company. I was giving the safety briefing to … Continue reading Team Sophie: A Swim of Strength, Spirit, and Swearing!
I made it to the final day and was still able to move and stand! Gosh, I was utterly exhausted and in a lot of pain! Each day got harder to get up but actually on the final day, a small part of me was full of beans and raring to go because I was … Continue reading UltraSwim33.3 – Day 4 & The Journey Home
Before heading to down to Folkestone I had asked if anyone was going to be swimming before the channel swim celebration and thankfully someone got in touch with me. Joan Fennelly and Laura Reineke are part of the Henley Mermaids and had driven down on the day for the CS&PF celebration. They completed a relay together … Continue reading A Weekend Away, Part 2
Last week was my final push before my first recovery week. The week started with the first Bars and Bells session at the gym. I was quite nervous given I have never actually been to a fitness class at the gym before but I felt it was an important and good way to potentially look … Continue reading Week 4 of Bristol Channel Training
I'm not sure how it's already week 3 of my channel training but it is and I'm making great progress compared to my level of fitness and activity just a month ago. I started the week tired and in a bit of a Fibro flare after pushing harder than I should have over the weekend. … Continue reading Bristol Channel Training Week 3
I noticed the sun was starting to get lower and for me, that is when my swim really started. I knew I couldn’t be far off the time when I should have been nearly in France or getting out/landing, but France still looked miles away, and I couldn’t work out what I was doing wrong.
As I watched the sunrise it was a huge mental boost. I had got through the night and since I was expecting to finish late afternoon, I knew the rest of the swim would be in the light with the sunshine on my back. My only concern was last year during my relay swim, when … Continue reading STA Channel Swim 2023 Part 2
If you read the latest article/blog on the STA website you will recognise most of this content, if you haven't - enjoy my training from last month and see what I achieved!
check out my latest blog about my channel training
Training for a channel swim, no matter which channel it is, is tough. Its mentally and physically hard and involves multiple sacrifices and as odd as it may sound, my biggest sacrifice so far have been my river swims and dips. Now, that may seem bizarre, given that I'm training for a swim in open … Continue reading Spoons, Sacrifice and Channel Training
