Saturday 22nd September, Katie and I (Manda) met up at Green Park for the short walk over to Hyde Park for Swim Serpentine. We had signed up for the 1 mile swim (the 2 mile was sold out - phew ;)) as a nice end of season swim. It is held in London in the... Continue Reading →
While we are in the Lake District for races we like to make the most of our stay by taking dips in the local lakes, waters and tarns (we are never sure which one is which). Here are the places we visited on our most recent trip. Grasmere On Friday afternoon we were no sooner... Continue Reading →
Swimming the 10.5 miles from one of end of Lake Windermere to the other is one of those right of passage type swims for any experienced open water swimmer. When Manda suggested in November 2017 we enter the growing Windermere One Way event at the start of September 2018 I was therefore keen. This would... Continue Reading →
I (Manda) was meant to be doing Windermere One Way again this year but as you might have seen from earlier blogs I have been suffering from a shoulder injury so I made the decision to pull out. l still had every intention of going to the lakes with Katie, Brian and David whether or... Continue Reading →
I (Katie) missed out on the Lake Annecy swim last year (see here) but after all the great things I had heard about it from Manda and Brian I was looking forward to the 2018 edition. The event consists of multi distance races from 1.5k up to 10km and it is held on the French... Continue Reading →
During our stay in Talloires on the shores of Lake Annecy, we did a couple of DIY lake swims. Nothing too strenuous as they were either side of our 5k race (see here). We ended up staying in Talloires rather than Annecy itself mostly because me and Brian visited it last year when we were... Continue Reading →
"My name is Katie and I am a co-dependent swimmer" I find it very hard to train by myself. I faff about before I leave the house, I faff when I arrive at the pool and then I half heartedly plod up and down and more often that not get out before the end of... Continue Reading →
2018 saw the 5th edition of the Henley Swim Events Club to Pub swim take place. This event has gone from strength to strength and is now a firm regular on many local swimming clubs' calendar. You start at Henley rowing club and swim a short distance upstream against the current and then turn and... Continue Reading →
Last weekend we headed down to Devon for the Bantham Swoosh - our first proper race of the season. Cue a furious exchange of text messages about what we needed to pack to make sure we had everything for race day. For those of you like us who can never remember what it is you... Continue Reading →
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