We are fast approaching the New Year when celebrations will be had, new years resolutions will be made and we charge headlong into another year on this planet. For some it has been a torrid time. Fires in Australia, elections around the globe, droughts and famine in Africa, and many other challenges around our personal lives. Let’s hope that all ends well and we can leave the past in the…
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…
Yes, How did you find yourself spending your weekend? At the pub, at the park enjoying the glorious weather currently experienced in the United Kingdom, watching a series on TV, getting 700 plus signatures on a petition to help combat climate change, have a nice long lie in on the sunday followed by brunch with the family. The more mundane might have washed the car, seen a movie. Some in…
Over this summer there has been a new series that is reaching our television screens. I knew it was happening ahead of time due to the fact that I am involved in a very small way in the Channel swimming world. and one of my clients is the Post production house produsing this series.The basic outline of the challenge was to take 12 non-swimming celebrities and in 12 weeks, get…
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…
This last weekend was, what is traditionally regarded as the start of the Season in the United Kingdom. Possibly one of the hardest challenges out there but a right of passage in the Open water swimming world. 2S4L (also known as To swim for Life) is an event put on by https://www.zwimevents.com/ Lesley and her team have done a truly fantastic job putting on this event year on year in…