“Shall we put our wetsuits in the car just in case we fancy a swim when we get there?” This is what I said to my swim-mum friend as we prepared to drive our kids round the M25 for a 5k race. They were entering The Big South East Swim […]

Six weeks to go! It’s been such a beautiful weekend  and I’ve just spent this glorious afternoon with the lovely “this girl can” team surveying “the mile.” The river looked inviting in the bright sunshine and I must confess that I did feel like hopping in. I think I am […]

Determined to get into the open water as soon as possible I have purchased a wetsuit. After spending some time choosing it, I opted for a plain black suit  – my thinking was that it would be slimming and not draw attention to my swimming skills. I was suitably excited […]