I am attempting a marathon. Clearly, running it would be a Very Bad Idea/Impossible, so I've decided to swim it at my local Lido during the summer, between May and September.

A marathon is apparently 42,195 metres long, so it'll be about 70 lengths a week from May until September which is quite a target.

I do enjoy swimming, but I am not a 'plough up and down with a speedy front crawl' kind of swimmer - my rather slow-to-medium pace breast stroke means this is going to be quite a challenge.

Please sponsor me to raise much needed funds for St Clare Hospice which will help the hospice to keep providing much needed care for our patients.

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