This past Saturday was spent swimming. Yes, it is that time of the year when Mark Sheridan and his team put on the Steve Wand invitational memorial swim. Five years ago Mark and a few others trained with Steve Wand. At some point Steve went on a training ride and was involved in a fatal road traffic accident. Kent Air ambulance was called out but, sadly, Steve passed away. The…
The nights closing in, the lakes all but closed in the evenings, the rain flooding the rivers, the temperatures of the few lakes that are open dropping. Yes, It is the time of the year that some swimmers in the Northern hemispheres dread! Time to get back to the chlorine pit for the winter training! The heat, the chlorine, the bad lane etiquette, fighting for your patch of water. It…
It is with mixed emotions that I am writing this post so lets start with whats been happening this side of the pond. So the English Channel season is underway with a few Relays that have gone across so far but this is expected to ramp up quite significantly over the next couple of weeks – weather permitting. The swimmers at Dover beach continue to push their boundaries with this…