What happens when you have an event team that is made up of swimmers, endurance athletes and coaches alongside a group of swimmers with goals that are determined to succeed whilst being supported by their friends and family? Answer – An UltraSwim33.3 event. This was the second UltraSwim33.3 event I had taken part in and … Continue reading UltraSwim33.3 Montenegro 2025
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
Marathon swim day! After the amount of swimming I had done on day 2, I was in quite a lot of pain and as a result I hadn’t slept very well so getting up at 5am was a real struggle. It ended up with me hiding under my duvet and my sister pulling it off … Continue reading UltraSwim 33.3km – Day 3
The alarm went off at 5am, much to the disgust of my body. It was too early to take my medication but I was up and moving around increasing my pain as I went. Despite that, I was actually pretty excited about the day ahead, we would be doing 2 swims one in Zanjice bay, … Continue reading UltraSwim33.3 – Day 2
The closer the first swim got the more excited but also nervous I got. I still had a few unknowns and don't deal with the unknown very well so it was a case of trying to distract myself. As we weren't swimming in the morning the organisers had arranged talks/swimmers chats and also coaching sessions. … Continue reading UltraSwim33.3 – Day 1
The Sunday before the event we had an online Zoom meeting/briefing about the plans, what we needed to do and what we could expect. We also went through details on what we would need for the swims, how to work the trackers and got advice on what to take with us too. It also gave … Continue reading Warm-up and Registration Day
As I have been writing up my blogs about my Bristol Channel swim and my experience at the UltraSwim 33.3 in Montenegro I realised I have never explained WHY I have been working towards and focused on the challenges I set myself this year. Everyone knows that I like to set myself a challenge and … Continue reading My 2024 Challenges
Its been ages since I wrote a blog and gave an update on all I have been up to! Since I last wrote here I have had 2 intense sea training weeks, a pretty serious accident, been interviewed by Disney and questioned my ability to complete the Bristol Channel Swim. At the end of May … Continue reading Bristol Channel Preparation!
After I successfully completed my Windermere 2-way swim in 2021 I wanted to set myself another challenge. I wanted it to be or include the English Channel solo because it had always been a dream of mine. Whilst deciding on a challenge I had read about Tom Chapman who had swum the Bristol channel 3 … Continue reading Bristol Channel Week 1
The madness of the past few months has meant blogs haven't been written because I've been so busy. So much has happened that I'm not even sure where I should start! Maybe all the way back in October at the STA Conference. STA Conference What a totally different experience I had this year! Last year, … Continue reading Update of the Madness that is Life
