The Bosphorus/Istanbul Cross Continent Race is happening on August 24th this year, this will be my fourth time! It's a 6.5k race from the Asian side of the straight along the Bosporus to the European side. This year there are 3,000 participants, I have been lucky enough to get in again this year.

Here is a link to show a little of what it is like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLg8SW1X2Eo&ab_channel=TRTWorld

I am raising money for Ealing and Acton Support Enterprise charity again this year. They are a community-based charity enabling asylum seekers and refugees living in the borough of Ealing to thrive in the UK. At a weekly drop-in run by volunteers, they support basic needs, offer English classes and activities, a communal home-cooked lunch and link people to services & information.

Please visit the link to see all that they can do for these people, many of them young, who need help and assistance.

Your support would be amazing .

As always I am definitely getting nervous! I have managed to finish the race each year, last year was really difficult but I made it! I'm keeping my fingers crossed to succeed again this year. But with support going to this great charity I know I will be determined to get to the end of the swim!

Thank you : ))

Paula