Aspire Chanel Swim Challenge- with a twist!

Welcome to the blog where I'll be telling you about my aspire channel swim challenge!



You'll probably know by now but I'll explain, the Aspire channel swim raises money for a spinal chord injuries charity, participants swim 22 miles in their local pool over 12 weeks. http://www.aspirechannelswim.co.uk/



I have decided to swim 44 miles, in 22 pools over the next 12 weeks to try to gain as much sponsorship as possible!



Aspire work with people who have sustained a spinal chord injury, the NHS can only provide so much. Aspire assist with independent living, provide adapted stop gap housing for when people get out of hospital, assistive technology (so that anyone, regardless of the level of their injury can use a computer), they provide human needs grants to assist with the purchase of much needed equipment and they work in sports development, amongst other things. Please, please read their website- this is a very worthy cause. http://www.aspire.org.uk/


Please donate via the just giving website: www.justgiving.com/alex-aspire

Wednesday 21 September 2011

Bilston Leisure Centre- another mile and a quarter!


I've realised that if I continue to swim in a different pool each time, this blog is going to get a bit boring for the last few weeks when I've done my 22 pools! So here's my receipt so that you can see the date on it and that I was back at Bilston today.

I managed 80 lengths- this time they'd roped off the shallow end so I was back to 25mtr lengths. It's tough to keep up swimming at these levels and I was tired- if it wasnt for the challenge I might have had the night off! I pushed through and made it to a mile and a quarter, the pool was quiet which really helps! It does get boring but I knew that I had cake to come home to which was a great motivation!

Six and a half miles so far! Over an eighth of the way...must be mad!
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