Lido
Midsummer Relay 2017
Every year SLSC put on public events over the summer at Tooting Bec Lido. We have previously taken part in their aquathlon series but this year as I (Manda) am not fully back running yet, I thought it would be nice to take part in the Mid-Summer Relay. The event takes place at 8pm on […]
MoreA Mermaid’s Christmas Wish List 2016
Last year we had a great response to our wish list so we thought we would do another one for 2016… It is also serves as a massive hint to our husbands! Day 1 – Stocking Fillers/Gift wrapping The perfect wrapping paper for any swimmer’s gifts is Nancy Farmer’s. Beautifully constructed swimmers give the illusion of snowflakes […]
MoreAll out swim at Pells Pool
I (Manda) have swum in Pells Pool in Lewes for the last 2 years and this year it didn’t look like I was going to get my annual dip in but then Paul Bates of Big Rick’s swim team and massive supporter of Macmillan Cancer care posted something about the ‘all out swim’ taking place […]
MoreSLSC 1 mile race – July 2016
So something like this wouldn’t normally warrant a blog but sometimes the smallest achievements are worth the biggest noise. The SLSC 1 mile Sunday morning race! Every Sunday (even in winter), SLSC hold a Sunday morning race over a range of distances from 1 width to the longest race 1 mile. Team Mermaids try and […]
MoreGreat North Swim 10k 2016
Fiona did the Great North swim in Windermere this year and seeing as we have never done the ‘North’ event of the Great Swim series we asked her to write us a guest blog. ps cheery bakewell cocktails… Yum or Yuk? I’m writing this from the heavenly super king size bed in our guest house […]
MoreThe pregnancy swim diary
Being pregnant presented some interesting challenges to my (Manda) swimming training, however, I was able to continue to swim right until 40 weeks. This was all made possible by lots of lovely people, mainly Katie, who continued to swim with me despite my speed and endurance not being what it once was. It also helped […]
More10 signs that you 💜 Open water swimming too much
1. 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 […]
MoreA Mermaid’s Christmas wish list
The festive season is fast upon us and if any mermaids are looking for ideas of what to ask Santa for, we have done some research for you! Gift ideas get more expensive as the days of Christmas progress! First day of Christmas: A nice little stocking filler that brightens up any outfit, bag or hat. […]
MoreWhy we love parkrun
Now Team Mermaids are swimmers which means that we are pretty rubbish at running but we do absolutely love parkrun. Parkrun is an organisation which operates 5km runs usually at 9am on Saturday in parks and commons literally ALL OVER THE WORLD. What’s more the runs are FREE to enter! All you have to do […]
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