Tag: disability

The Lasting Impact of Discrimination

by Sophie, posted in Adaptive Swimming, chronic illness, chronic pain, Disability Swimming, Disabled, Life in a wheelchair, Living with a Disability, Wheelchair User

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about discrimination and just how often it happens. For so many disabled people, it isn’t a rare occurrence or a one-off bad experience; it can be daily life. It happens in obvious ways, subtle ways and sometimes in moments you would never expect. It has made me reflect on … Continue reading The Lasting Impact of Discrimination

Windermere Training Week 3

by Sophie, posted in Adaptive Swimming, Disability Swimming, Lake Windermere, Open Water Swimming, Outdoor Swimming, Training, Windermere

How is it already week 3 of my training?! I am continuing to increase the distance that I cover over the week by increasing the distances I swim in each session. This is proving pretty difficult as very few sessions are actually long enough to swim more than about 2.5km; I am a long-distance consistent … Continue reading Windermere Training Week 3

Windermere Training Week 1

by Sophie, posted in Adaptive Swimming, Disability Swimming, Lake Windermere, Open Water Swimming, Outdoor Swimmer Magazine, Outdoor Swimming, Training, Windermere

It’s the end of week 1 of my Two Way Windermere Training and I have got back into the swing of training with a real purpose and a distance that I aim to achieve each week. Slowly over the next 19 weeks my training will increase, my sessions will get longer, the distances in each … Continue reading Windermere Training Week 1