I haven’t posted on this blog for a while, but I have been swimming and updating my social media. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know that I had a bit of a scary experience swimming at a lake a couple of weeks ago – in a nutshell, I started having difficulty breathing quite a long way from the entry/ exit point and there are no safety boats at this lake… All ended safely, but as a result, I’m still taking steroids and haven’t done a long swim since. I’m still feeling positive about the Henley Mile though – I’m there for the experience and atmosphere as much as the swimming.

Having felt like a long way off for so long, it’s now only 2 more sleeps away! It’s an evening tide tonight and a really hot day, so it’s perfect to have one last swim. Then tomorrow morning, I’ll dry my kit, pack my bag and head off to the Air B&B.

My next post will be reflections on the event and goodbye. It doesn’t seem possible that time has flown this quickly, but I definitely plan to enter more swimming events in the future – something I wouldn’t have done without this experience.