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Countdown to swim

[wanderingangie]

Almost £1800 raised for @swimtayka for my channel swim this weekend! I have such amazing friends and family! https://ift.tt/2LBQ1BO

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Final group swim, Dover

Final group swim, Dover

In its support for training relay swimmers who can meet the distance, SwimTayka set up a series of four group training sessions throughout the past year. We met for some pool swimming in December and February, and then for some open water swimming in May and June, both in Dover harbour. The final two sessions were weekend events, facilitated in conjunction with Dover Channel Training, who…

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Second training day - in Dover

Second training day – in Dover

We had our second Channel Relay training event with SwimTayka down in Dover earlier this month. We were not in the ocean, as that would have been far too cold, but were at an indoor swimming venue about 2 miles from the coast. It was good to meet with our Channel swim mates again and to have another coached session in the pool. Back in January, Brian Avery, the founder of SwimTayka, had sent us…

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Swim dates announced!

I’ve been allocated to a team, SwimTayka Mozambique, and have been given a swim window of the 27th August to 2nd September. I’ll be swimming around or on the August bank holiday weekend, shortly after my 54th birthday. Let’s hope for some good weather and warm seas! Out pilot will be Eddie Spelling, and our boat, the Anastasia. I’ll be swimming under the rules of the CSPF – the Channel Swimming…

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The qualifier

I booked with Dover Channel Training for another session on Saturday, 28th May. My doubts were strong. When I got back last weekend, I started checking out the water temperatures around the country to see if there were spots which never went above 16 degrees C. Some of the Lake District lakes never do, so I felt I had a back up plan that did not involve a trip to Iceland to qualify. My SwimTayka…

[wanderingangie]

Two hour qualifier swim for the channel all done! It was a beautiful morning and with the lake being about 15.5 degrees it was perfect swimming conditions. Everything set for August now @swimtayka https://ift.tt/2jz7pGH

[wanderingangie]

New blog post up about my Channel Swim training. I’m swimming for @swimtayka and doing some nice training with @southwestswimcoaching. Now the weather is warming up (hopefully) I’m going to spending more time in the lake! https://ift.tt/2I8UEAs

[wanderingangie]

101% #hittarget #fundraising #channelswim @swimtayka http://ift.tt/2FccIZh

[wanderingangie]

OVER HALF WAY! I can’t believe it, and it’s only been a week! Thank you so much to everyone who has sponsored me, it means so much! @swimtayka #channelswim2018 http://ift.tt/2HCMddW

[wanderingangie]

I’ve got my fundraising page all set up for my Channel Swim Relay in August. If you would like to sponsor me go to http://ift.tt/2Ck07xI page/angietanner Expect lots of training stuff over the next 6 months! #channelswimming #fundraising @swimtayka http://ift.tt/2ErogZ0

[wanderingangie]

I’m swimming the channel in the @swimtayka relay team next year! This is amazing! http://ift.tt/2nNon9b

[wanderingangie]

Channel Relay Swim assessment day with @southwestswimcoaching and @swimtayka fingers crossed for the team selection! http://ift.tt/2B5gnWQ