Alex is swimming 191k from Belfast to Dublin in the Irish Sea

Alex Lee is raising money for ME Research UK

Team: Walk for ME 2020

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Swimming 191k from Belfast to Dublin in the Irish Sea · 18 April 2021

ME Research UK exists solely to fund high quality biomedical studies into ME/CFS. Our funded research suggests that in excess of 400,000 people in the UK have ME/CFS but it is neither well understood nor, in many cases, properly recognised. We invest in the best research we can globally.

Story

My sister in law Olivia has lived with ME / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for most of her adult life. The pandemic has given all of us a small sense of what it is like to be confined to our homes. I was lucky enough to be able to leave the house to swim at a local beach most days. So I would like to keep that going, and see if I can swim the distance from Belfast to Dublin, 191 kilometers. NOT in one go obviously! But if I can swim 16k in the Irish Sea each month during 2021 I will make the distance. With sea temperatures down to 6 degrees in the winter months this will be a challenge! I would love to raise £1 for every 100m I swim.

Donation summary

Total
£2,177.94
+ £307.50 Gift Aid
Online
£2,177.94
Offline
£0.00

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