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 24 September 2011

Tipton Swimming Centre- Saturday 24th September


I really should have gone at 8:30 when they opened! Forgive me blog watchers but this is rather tiring! The pool was VERY busy, but only in the shallow end. The whole of Tipton were teaching their kids to swim- and what a positive and healthy way to spend a Saturday morning, so I'll try not to moan about the little darlings!

 So, I found the 10 metre mark in the middle of the pool, and proceeded to do...160 x 10 metres in the deep end! This was a rather slow mile, but I did it! This pool is very close by to me, but I doubt I'll be going again- unless it's to buy one of their fab Black Country T-shirts or mugs, think my fave was 'Raised on faggots and paes' on a George Cross :-)

8.5 miles, 6 pools.
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