In 2017 (see here) we foolishly signed up to the UK cold water swimming championships at Tooting Bec Lido. Foolish because by the time the event came around I (Manda) hadn't been in the water since November and foolish because by the day of the event the water was a crispy 1.5 degrees! After the... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
"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 →
One winter morning at 7:10am Katie texted me "Just remembered Bantham Swoosh" - I (Manda) was sat on a London tube - this was not ideal as you can only get internet at the stations. I saw the message and replied, well actually I can't repeat what I replied, but it resulted in me standing... Continue Reading →
2018 was the 4th year of the Lago d'Orta Oceanman event - a 14km end to end swim of one of the northern Italian lakes. Since its inception I (Manda) have been keen to give it a go but 2016 I gave birth to my son the same month and last year I couldn't do... Continue Reading →
Honorary Mermaid Josie Arden recently swam one of Team Mermaids bucket list swims the short but brutal crossing from Alcatraz prison to San Francisco bay. She spoke to Katie about her experience. Katie: What inspired you to swim Alcatraz? Josie: I think there was quite a large amount of ‘I don’t know if I can... Continue Reading →
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