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News Flash!!!  Arizona Invaded by Pod of African Hippos After a very interesting weekend We are Finally Here In Phoenix Arizona. It was a LONG DAY yesterday with 12 hours of flying and an 8 hour time difference. Before I go any further. I feel compelled to thank EVERYONE that has got me here. The […]

This time next week…. Wow, this year is disappearing – I bet you have heard that before? After my trip to Africa in Early December 2014, thoughts started to switch over to a swim in Arizona. At that point in time it seemed like it was ages away and nothing to worry about. Roll forward […]

Welcome to the Team This Post serves two purposes. As you can see by the title, I was wondering how Audra is going to cope with all that time on the kayak alone? In the deserts of Arizona, hemmed in by sheer walls which tower out of the lakes and cayons. On the 3rd day, […]

A pretty packed and interesting weekend It has been a pretty busy week with work and trying to fit in training but we managed to do about 12 Km in the pool. Not a hell of a lot but work played its part and I am now coming into a week where I am not […]

Time to get back in the pool. Since my last post, I have not really been doing a hell of a lot of swimming. I have, however been enjoying myself. As you are all aware now, I  have my own website (STILL – and will always be – a masterpiece in progress) Well, it probably […]

Time to man up!!!!! O H      M Y     G O S H!  The last couple of weeks have just evaporated. I can only hope that the same is happening to the lakes in Arizona, that way it will be less distance that I have to swim. Oh well, I can only hope, […]

So what is SCAR Swim? SCAR SWIM ARIZONA This is a swim that was dreamt up a few years ago by a few guys who were training for marathon swims. They were all lucky enough to live not to far away from the Salt River Canyon in Arizona and used the lakes to do teir […]

It is already March I am sure it was just yesterday when I was celebrating New years Eve, yet here we are at the start of the 3rd month of 2015 with 64 days left until I stand on the edge of Saguaro lake In Arizona with the first of four swims – in four […]