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

Saturday 17 September 2011

Dudley Leisure centre


Sorry I didnt get on last night, i'm so busy and ran out of time. It's not just the swimming, it's the logistics as well that make this such a challenge! I went to Dudley pool because I had to put the car in the garage for a service.

Last night I did another mile, 64 lengths though I'm holding a stewards enquiry to the length of the pool! I can't find what length its meant to be but it took an hour to do 64 lengths this time- I might just be tired but we'll assume it was a 25 metre pool until I know different!

I quite like Dudley pool- they still have pins on the locker keys and the changing rooms are in a ladies only area, plus there are private showers. The other two I've been to this week so far are ones with showers on the pool side and I'm not sold!

Right I've had my fry up and am off to Haden Hill leisure centre shortly for the 1200 public swim - am carless today!

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