Coming Summer 2023...

So in the midst of the covid pandemic after a year of no travel, not really seeing people and lots of fun sea swimming, a conversation started about swim challenges... fast forward to January 2022 and I was booking a boat to swim the English Channel... on my own... this summer!!

All being well I will get a call to head to Dover between 11 and 17 July 2023. Its weather dependent, I will swim in just a swimsuit, hat and goggles, I can't touch the boat or anyone else until I reach France, I may swim through the night, I will likely swim through jellyfish and waves, and I will swim past massive tanker ships in the busiest shipping lane in the world!

Between now and then I 'just' need to keep swimming, not get injured, build my distance and cold water endurance and complete a 6hr qualifying swim in water less than 16°C. Even if I survive the 5am wake up calls its not a given that I will be successful, and many, more competent swimmers than me, have not succeeded. The weather could change, I could miss the tide and get swept off course, I could be sick or get too cold, but I am aiming to do everything I can to be prepared as possible. On the plus side apparently eating cake is part of the training!

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