First things first.. the Aspire Channel Swim. This is my third year of participation in this charity event. The objective is to swim the distance of the English Channel (22 miles) in a swimming pool during a 12 week period. This year it starts on 13th September, so there is not much time left for preparation and training.
The first year I took part with a team named "Swim Like Bricks", chosen because between myself, Eli and Joan, the team members, none of us could swim far or well. Eli and I had only just started going to the pool. My personal best was 2 lengths at the time, and Eli could about manage a width of the pool. Joan was our star member with a personal best of about 40 lengths. To cut a long story short, we completed the distance as a team, and individually we managed 22 miles for Eli and myself. Joan completed 20 miles before having to retire due to ill health.
Last year the same team (this time named "Fantasy Starfish") plus a few good friends, took part again, and completed the distance as a team. I managed to finish the 22 miles individually as well. Eli was recovering from major surgery and was not able to do very much, but she still supported us well. Joan and I have since had deteriorating health, and have not been back to swimming for almost the entire year since the event.
That brings us to this year's swim. I am going solo for this event as Eli will not be well enough to take part, neither will Joan. I have begun my training and so far (this morning) managed a personal best of 10 lengths - a distance of 250m. To complete the 22 miles I have to swim 1416 lengths of our local 25m pool. I plan to do about 24 lengths mondays to fridays with weekends off. This gives me the opportunity to catch up if I have to miss a day through poor health or for other reasons.
Why am I telling you this?
Two reasons:-
1) Aspire do wonderful work, and I want more people to know about the charity and about the Channel Swim.
2) I want you to support me with messages of encouragement on this blog, and , if you can afford it, I want you to please make a small donation to the charity using my fundraising page online at www.justgiving.com/JosieMAlderton-MakingWaves
It doesn't matter how small an amount you donate, they all add up!
Thanks for reading. Please visit my fundraising page soon, and check back on this blog for regular updates about the Swim.
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