I'm currently training to swim Windermere (10.5 miles) on the 10th of August 2012.  Claire Wadley, my Wife's best friend and friend of mine, died in 2006 of Leukeamia after battling the disease for a number of years.  All of the money that I raise will go directly to the Claire Wadley Forget Me Not Fund in Leukeamia and Lymphoma Research

A quick potted history of my swimming career;

- I swam competitively during my teens.

- After a long break I took up open water swimming in 2008 in a bid to get fit.  My season that year started with a 1K race building up to competing in the BLDSA Coniston Championship which was 5.25 miles.

- 2009 and 2010 have been quiet on the competitive front although I kept up open water swimming / wildswimming on a recreational basis.

- In 2010 I won my first open water race.  It was the BLDSA Derwentwater 2 mile mens race.  It was a close faught battle between me and the only other competitor!

I've taken on the Windermere challenge to raise some money for Claire's Leukeamia and Lymphoma Forget Me Not Fund and also to push myself to the next level of open water swimming.

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