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

Tuesday 11 October 2011

Hereford Leisure Pool - Mon 10th October


Wow, didn't quite realise how late I got to the pool! Well done me for managing what I did in the time! Some pools are a bit wierd about sessions being separate, and this was one! Unfortunately, as the pool was 'public swim' 5:30-6:30 and 'lane swimming' 6:30-7:30, somehow they decided that you cant stay in! I guess they'd want  you to pay again, don't know really. I managed to do 48 lengths of this 25 metre pool by 6:30- really can't abide rushing, but lately seem to do a lot of it! So that's 0.75 miles.

Didn't manage to swim at the weekend and really feel the need to do some catching up now, so fingers crossed for a good week! There must be some time and energy around here somewhere...?

16.50 miles, 10 pools.
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