This weekend marked the last weekend of Tooting Bec Lido opening to the public and the last race for us of the season. Saturday we went down to TBL to take part in the 108 length challenge. Every year SLSC put on a challenge of swimming the number of lengths equal to the Lido’s age. This […]
MorePivo here.. explaining to you what waiting for his channel relay has done to him! Note: as I publish this.. he is on the boat about to start his relay… Go cosmic rays!!! Well hello there, it is Pivo here, now I actually have a proper name, but well the mermaids choose not to use […]
MoreFor the past 3 years I (Manda) have got to September race/swim fatigued but instead of wanting to rest, I seem to be in this race to fit in as many swims as possible. This isn’t driven by panic training, as often there are no races left to be training for, but more a pure […]
MoreI (Katie) was in Chicago last week for my good friend Ian’s wedding. This meant I sadly had to miss the Coniston Chillswim but to make up for it I went for a swim in Lake Michigan. Lake Michigan is the fifth largest lake in the world at 494 km long and 190 km wide […]
MoreAfter I (Manda) did the Windermere 2 way relay a couple of people mentioned to me that they were interested in doing a Windermere swim and I said I would be keen to do a solo after the 2 way relay so would be something to consider for next year. However, next year wasn’t enough […]
MoreI (Manda) have managed to clock up 3 visits in 6 weeks to the Lake District this summer. Prior to that first trip to Windermere for our relay I had never been before and all I can say is WOW. This was my final trip to the lake district (unless Brian comes up with another last minute […]
MoreJoanne was somewhat cajoled into a swim by me (Manda) in 2011. Here is her account of how the Great London Swim was for her as a non goggle wearing pool swimmer, breast stroker and pretty much novice. Chapeau Joanne, Chapeau! So I have always been a bit of a water baby, in the sense […]
MoreKate and I (Katie) have done a couple of sprint triathlons in the past and we had always talked about doing it properly and trying to do an Olympic distance race. After much chat we finally signed up for one at Dorney Lake in July 2014. Having signed up we the proceed to do very little […]
MoreEvery year Manda and I get very excited about the SLSC Tooting Bec Aquathlons…..and then we remember that we can’t run! The race consists of 1k swim (11 lengths of the Lido) and then a 7.5k run (3 laps around Tooting Common). Now that is a very long run for two little swimmers. There are four races […]
MoreIn 2011 Manda and I had done a lot of shorter open water races so we decided that 2012 was the year for a much longer challenge. We also need to do more long distance swimming in preparation for the Manhattan Island Relays in August. We therefore decided to do a 10km swim. 10km is swimming’s […]
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