[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Claire Russell – Channel Swim (part 12) [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]En Route to France… The Swim The waiting was agony. First, we thought Sunday, then Monday, but then the weather looked better for Tuesday. The 6pm forecast the night before showed patchy fog. So even when we set off at 5.45 on Tuesday morning, we weren’t…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]En Route to France… Part 11 – No weeks left So, the swim is imminent, I have finished work, (hurrah) and doing final prep. The all-important Scooby snacks. This is what will lift my spirits when the going gets tough… and it WILL get tough. It’s not really to give you energy, you can’t…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]En Route to France….. Part 10 – 1 week to go[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The fun and frolics continue on Dover beach. 3 and 2-hour swims for me this weekend, not a great deal of need for lube, but it’s a shame to deprive them of so much fun! The theme this week was obvious by…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]En Route to France….Part 9 – 2 weeks to go Only 2 weeks till my slot opens 20-27th July, and I am officially tapering.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]I had the pleasure of practising with my swim buddy Ali this weekend. We have been swimming together since our first channel relay 10 years ago and we are…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]En Route To France Part 8 … 3 weeks to go This weekend sees a change of venue. On Friday 29th we had the privilege of seeing our enormously talented daughter graduate ( VERY proud and not at all biased!!)[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”88158″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]It was promising to be a very hot weekend, and we had…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]En Route To France. Part 7 …………….4 weeks to go Wednesday…. Sitting on Hythe beach with my swim buddy and crew member Ali. The water is still very choppy, and I’m not at all disappointed when she decides for me that it’s not worth going in. Usually I would argue, but not today. Still feeling…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Claire Russell – Channel Swim (part 6) …………..5 weeks to go En route to France.. [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”88145″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Saturday 16th June … training was still in Dover, but in an event called the Champion of Champions, organised by the British Long Distance Swimming association (BLDSA) an iconic event recognised as being particularly tough.…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Claire Russell – Channel Swim (part 5) [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] En route to France……………..6 weeks to go. Friday night…. The eve of our dawn swim. I love my bed, so it must be something special that will drag me out of it, in the middle of the night to be on the beach at 4am…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Claire Russell – Channel Swim (part 4) [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] En route to France.. Week 3 and still no sunshine. Dover gave us a foggy welcome, all the sunshine is in London for the Royal Wedding… which incidentally was our theme this weekend. I had acquired the appropriate head gear. On Saturday I was tasked…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Claire Russell – Channel Swim (part 3) [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] En Route to France… I was so delighted to be in Dover for the first week of training in the record breaking bank holiday sunshine, but week 2 was an entirely different matter. Where had the sunshine gone? One week later the water temperature had…
