On Friday 17 September I am attempting to swim the full length of Lake Windermere, 10.5 miles.  If successful, I estimate this will take me about 7 hours.  The temperature will be 16-18c, which is normally wetsuit territory.  I am a wetsuit-hater and I'm acclimatised from swimming two Channel relays this year so will be doing it without.

I am fundraising for a charity which funds research into chronic pain, The Pain Relief Foundation.  As many of you know, my lower back is held together with bits of titanium following a rowing injury in 2008, and I live with continuous chronic pain.  A 7 hour swim won't do me any damage (I promise), but it's fair to say that it might turn out to be more pain than I can swim through.  Hopefully not, let's find out!  My longest swim up to now has been 4.5 hours.  Give me an incentive to keep swimming by donating to chronic pain research, pretty please. 

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