Age: 36 Home: Guildford Hello, I’m a 36 year old mother of 3, I work nights in the local Emergency Department, a demanding but very rewarding job! My childhood summers were whiled away swimming at the local outdoor pool, but that soon gave way to a life of working and […]

Age: 48 Home: Farnham, Surrey Overweight, under height, and definitely unfit – what was I thinking? I’m never going to get a wetsuit to fit me! I’ve been calling myself 50 for some time but by the time the Henley Mile comes round I will be in the last year […]

Age: 25 Home: City, London Chances are that the thought of swimming makes you shudder. A reminder of PE teachers barking from a chilly poolside, fingers like prunes and the constant threat of verrucas. Until a few years ago, I shuddered too. It was a sustained period of illness which […]

Age: 35 Home: Marlow, Bucks I’m Mum to two beautiful girls (4 & 1) who are brimming with so much personality I sometimes wonder who is actually in charge! Since going back to work earlier this year I often joke about my days in the office as being my ‘days […]

Age: 44 Home: Harpenden, Herts I am a 44 year old woman, who likes to set herself a challenge each year, big or small. I have always enjoyed exercise, which has varied over the years mainly due to having problems with my back. Like many people my age, I learnt […]

Age: 47 & 15 Home: Swanley, Kent Mother and daughter hoping to complete the Henley Mile! We started this year determined to take up some form of exercise together to relieve the pressures of work, and studying for GCSE’s. We joined our local leisure centre and have been swimming regularly […]

Age: 40 Home: Camberley, Surrey Mother, friend and mad old dog lady.  My inspiration for taking part in This Girl Can Henley Mile is my daughter, Ava. She is a great swimmer, as is my son, who both most definitely take after my husband!  I am more of a – […]

Age: 39 Home: Wallingford, Oxon I’m a mother of two who feels that it’s about time I start doing things for myself again.  I loved outdoor swimming as a kid when the cold didn’t seem an issue, so when this opportunity came up I grabbed the chance to take part […]

Age: 35 Home: Full time 35 year old mum to two young and energetic girls, I’ve found it’s been really easy to put exercise on the back burner. Recently however, I decided enough was enough and to get some semblance of fitness back and its great to be feeling more […]

Home: Reading, Berks I’m a 42-year-old, self-employed mum of two fantastic kids and a very bossy wife to the ever-tolerant Ben. I used to be a strong swimmer and a confident, career-minded girl but, like many other mums, I had a bit of an identity crisis once I’d had my […]