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garrettk created a post At the finish line...
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garrettk created a post We Did It!!!
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garrettk created a post A Huge Thank you to Crown Agents Bank
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garrettk created a post Nathan's additional challenge
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garrettk created a post Tickets now available to support us on the day...
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garrettk supported the fundraising Kirsty and Nathan's Marathon Swim
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garrettk created a post Another training snap!
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garrettk created a post Training Update
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garrettk started fundraising Kirsty and Nathan's Marathon Swim
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And here we are at the end (Nathan needs an upgrade to his badge.... The badges were beautifully hand made for us by the amazing team at Fibreworks in Chipping Norton!)...
If you would like to see us completing the last, turtuous length, you can view it in Whilsters restaurant's feed on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/nathan.phelps.188/posts/pfbid0BPvwTWhDNBAFb3LUS4ELuU8ZxFKDkZonZMsTt68prG9J3rYCEzS9MpNLHnUPCPjil
As often happens in life, even the best-laid plans can go awry... And so it was, when I woke up yesterday with a very tight chest and the beginnings of a cough. Suffice to say, that after about 130 lengths (roughly 1/3 distance), I was behind time, and questioning whether I would make the full distance, as I was seriously struggling to breathe. With the enormous support of my swimming partner, Nathan, staff and friends at the lido (and some cough medication), I took it one length at a time, and eventually made it to the end.
It was not pretty, but I did it - in a time of 5 hours and 15 minutes. I needed every ounce of the endurance I had built up through training for this. The good (?) news for Nathan is that the extra ~1 hour of swimming vs our original expectations meant that he was able to achieve a personal-best distance of 15km. I am so in awe of him!
Here is a photo of us at the start of the day...
Crown Agents Bank have very kindly committed to a £1,000 donation in matched funding for our event, which is captured in the fundraising total. Thank you all!
I hope you like our new main photo, which was taken last week by a photographer for the Witney Gazette, as part of our publicity surrounding our swim. Here's our old one, taken at the start of our training journey!
As if supporting Kirsty in her marathon debut is not enough, Nathan has decided to sign up for an additional challenge - swimming the Henley-to-Marlow marathon on 11th August! Please support him in this additional endeavour!
https://henleyswim.com/events/thamesmarathon/
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If you would like to support us on the day, tickets are now available from the Lido: https://chippingnortonlido.savoysystems.co.uk/ChippingNortonLido.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_151776.TcsWebTab_151777
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If you would like to support us on the day, tickets are now available from the Lido: https://chippingnortonlido.savoysystems.co.uk/ChippingNortonLido.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_151776.TcsWebTab_151777
And another photo to inspire you!
Our training is well underway! Here is a photo of us training together at the Lido!
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