BONJOUR!   I've reached the shore!

On Sunday 6th December 2009, I completed the last 69 lengths of the ASPIRE SWIM THE CHANNEL swim.

Many many thanks for all your sponsorship and support throughout the last 12 weeks.  It is much appreciated.  I will be coming round to collect sponsorship very soon.

FACTS:

I have swam 22 Miles = 1416 lengths of 25 metre pool or 28,320 strokes (front crawl)

I have raised: £ 359

I Spent : £48     pool admission costs

I used the following pools: Peterborough Regional and The Jack Hunt School Pool.

I completed it in 19 visits to the pool.

Badminton will be my chosen sport from now on!!!!! 

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12.9.09:

Please sponsor me to swim the distance of the English Channel (22 miles) in my local pool over a 12 week period from 12.9.09 -  Dec 09, and raise money for Aspire and people with spinal cord injuries. That's 1416 lengths in total of a 25 metre pool!

 

I've done a 'channel swim' fundraiser before - I even have a channel swim towell!  After coming back from Australia in January this year I have not done any exercise really and now it's time I got off my backside. I love swimming.  This charity is excellent - I can get fit and raise money for it at the same time. 

 

I spent 10 years of my life since the age of 5 swimming for the March Marlins swimming club.  My Mum was a swimming teacher so swimming was a big part of our lives.  Recent back problems mean I can't swim much breaststroke, so I mainly swim front crawl and backstroke - no way am I fit enough to do butterfly - but I may for a laugh if you sponsor me!  How about I try to do a whole length for more money?! There's a challenge! Sponsor me for the extra chance of seeing me swallow half the pool and attempting to look cool, not. Add a message on your sponsor to say so.

The last time I did this swimathon, I was quite lazy and left myself 2 weeks to swim 800 lengths, but I did it.  At my fittest, I can swim 100 lengths in an hour - but I'm no way that fit now - this time I will pace myself properly.

I've got other friends involved so now the race is on - who will raise the most money and who will complete the 1416 lengths first!

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