So May is here and the 2015/16 Winter River Challenge is now officially over. The challenge was to swim the length of the 10 longest rivers in the UK (Nene, Spey, Clyde, Tay, Ure/Ouse, Wye, Great Ouse, Trent, Thames, Severn) over a seven month period. Regular readers of the blog will know that we were […]
More1. You think that wearing and applying copious amounts of lube in public is perfectly acceptable. 2. You happily know what the acronyms CSPF, OSS, DYST mean but have no clue when people use FOMO, FWIW and IRL. 3. You buy clothes based on a criteria of 1) Will it keep you warm 2) will it be […]
MoreHere are the donations (after our begging!) we have received. Â Thanks to everyone who is helping out!
MoreThe 1st of April will signify that we have 30 days of the Winter River Challenge to go and we already know that we aren’t going to make it by this date, despite a last minute surge by some of the team (thanks Hilary!). “Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your metres” We have asked friends and family […]
MoreOver the last few years Team Mermaids have participated in the Swimathon and it is now starting to feel like the opening event of the season. While it can often be several more weeks before we actually race again it feels good (if somewhat scary) after a winter full of interval training to get in […]
MoreI (Katie) am really rubbish at motivating myself to work out by myself so I love going to classes â yoga, Pilates, Barre CoreâŚanything really. Now I am more shall we say âhouse boundâ I am less able to make time for classes alongside swimming and have had to find out other ways to work […]
MoreIf you are a keen open water swimmer then the weekend of 3rd / 4th September 2016 has riches in abundance to offer in the UK. 1. You could swim the 5.25 miles from one end of Lake Coniston to the other in the Lake District. (Saturday) http://www.chillswim.com/the-swims/coniston-end-to-end 2. Or you could swim 10k down […]
MoreJubilee 10k 5th June Manda has very kindly given me (Katie) her the free entry to the Jubilee River swim as it is scheduled just a few days after her baby is due to arrive. This was my first swim âbackâ last summer so I am hoping to improve on my time this year. Last […]
MoreKatie gave an update at the end of year on how our Winter River Challenge was going (here is a 2 word summary for if you havenât read it..NOT GREAT) and with 10 weeks to go I (Manda) thought it was time for another short update and some stats. You can see from the below […]
MoreWhen we were doing the Winter Pools Challenge last year we came up with the concept of a âpool crawlâ. This is essentially trying to visit as many pools as possible in one day. Last year we did the South West London edition of the pool crawl (Richmond Pools in the Park, Putney, Morden Park […]
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