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lisaswims
40 year old woman living in London generally found in water.
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And we are back!
On the 25th July Paul and I flew over to Zurich to swim the prestigious Lake Zurich race. Paul & I had entered the year before but not got a space so we were over the moon when we found … Continue reading
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If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question
Like many aspiring Channel swimmers (& those whom already hold the grand title of being a Channel swimmer) I find myself always being asked questions about what it entails. We often spend time laughing at some of the questions we … Continue reading
The Never Ending Lake
On Monday I completed my longest ever swim to date, in fact more than double the time that I had swam before. It was in Windermere where I swam to one end and then back again. For those of you … Continue reading
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How things change!
As I drove back from Dover this Saturday and the sun came out I drove past lots of people basking the in the sun, with BBQ smells filtering into the car & observing pub gardens overspilling. I got home slumped on … Continue reading
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Tagged Channel Swimming, Dover, Marathon Swimming, Open Water Swimming, swimming
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If it wasn’t hard everybody would do it. The Hard… is what makes it great!
Over the last few weeks after doing limited training due to my back injury I pushed my body hard at two long distance training camps. First was Camp Eton organised by Nick & Sakura Adams at Eton College over the … Continue reading
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Tagged Channel Swim, Long Distance Training, Mallorca, Nick Adams, Sakura Adams, Swimtrek
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2 Saturday’s, 9 Pools & 9km
The last two Saturday’s I had decided to try and push myself and my back to see how it would take some further distance than the 2.5km I have been doing. However, to try and make it fun and break it … Continue reading
Award Winning Weekend
Last weekend I headed down to Dover with many other Channel Swimmers (both relay and solo) for the Channel Swimming & Pilot Federations annual dinner. My friend Vicky, who was the fastest British swimmer to swim the English Channel last … Continue reading
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The 6 month count down has begun
Today marks me being exactly 37 and a half but more importantly it marks 6 months until my Channel swim slot opens. The journey started on the 9th July 2013 before I had even done my first relay swim when … Continue reading
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2015 – What will it bring?
So it is 2015 and as I thought about what resolutions I might make I decided that perhaps given the year that lays ahead I should just focus on that instead of trying to give something up. Over the last … Continue reading
Want to see what it is like to swim across the Channel?
You may remember as part of the team we had a film crew with us who were there to film us as part of a documentary about people who live, work & play on the Channel. Well it was finally … Continue reading
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My Swimming Tales 