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Summer 2018: where to find us
The summer is fast approaching and we have started entering and planning our races for 2018. The year is about one big event every month and then probably some smaller/local races when we can. June – Lago D’orta: I (Manda) am going to be tackling this without Katie. The 14km end to end swim of […]
MoreFestive Caps and Costumes 2017
Ho Ho Ho It’s that time of year and this year we thought on top of our Christmas Wish List we would also share with you some of the festive caps and costumes we have come across. Whether you fancy investing in a costume for the festive period or just decorating your head with an […]
MoreSLSC vs. Serpies 2016
Each year South London Swimming Club takes on the Serpentine in a battle of the cold water swimmers. The 2017 edition is coming up on 19 November so we thought was time to reflect on our experience at the 2016 Gala. For a couple of years Mandy, SLSC swimming co-captain, has asked us if we […]
MoreUltimate London Pool Crawl 2017
Team Mermaids’ Pool crawls started in 2014 off the back of wanting to tick off a block of pools for the Winter Pool Challenge. Somewhere along the journey we decided we actually enjoyed binge pooling and started doing it as a “thing”. See other pool crawls here. Last year we didn’t get around to doing […]
MoreSLSC Mile race 2017
The Mermaid cup, the SLSC’s women’s open mile cup, has been something of note in the Mermaid camp for a while, but alas we have never been able to win it because of Nancy Shaw. Nancy is this formidable SLSC swimmer, who reigned victorious over most of the women’s open cups for several years, including […]
MoreWinter Challenge 2016/17: the review
#failed This year’s winter challenge was meant to be a little less taxing and a bit more fun, however, as proven by the results below we failed! That being said Brian won, so chapeau Brian! Kate, Lisa and Pivo posted 0 and me and Katie post some (but not many) points! Even though it was a […]
MoreHoly Mama yoga retreat – Ibiza
It was back in a very cold and miserable January 2016 when my friend Helen suggested that we went away on a Holy Mama (a mum and baby) yoga retreat in Ibiza. An exercise based holiday with free (included in the price) child care in sunny Ibiza? I (Katie) of course jumped at the idea. So […]
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