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Helen

Claire

Jennie

Jill

Abigail

Rachel

MEET THE CLASS OF 2022

This year's 6 inspiring Girls have been selected and are preparing to take on swimming a mile in the Thames on July 10th 2022 at the Outdoor Swimmer Henley Swim Festival.
Read about each of them by clicking on their images above

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I Swam a Mile!

June 9th, 2022 / by Jennie Hipkin / in: Uncategorised / No responses

I joined the Swimspirational buddies group for the Santa Swim back in December and won a 1:1 coaching session with Vicky in the raffle. After I’d been selected for the Henley Mile swim, I decided to use my voucher for a river swim in Dedham. I’d intended to use it […]

Injuries & Mindfulness

May 29th, 2022 / by Rachel Blackmore / in: Uncategorised / 1 Response

When the mind believes you are still a 20-something year old, but the body is definitely not any more! I have had to take a break from swimming for a couple of weeks as I have managed to over-load the tendons in my shoulder. I had my first rowing race […]

Swimming to the Sun

May 27th, 2022 / by Abigail / in: Uncategorised / 2 Responses

Swimming to the Sun 5 minute read The last week or so has been seriously challenging – and I’m not talking about training to swim the Henley Mile! Not at all. This is life stuff. One morning, I could barely focus. The thoughts around the issue I was dealing with […]

Refuse to Sink

May 27th, 2022 / by Jennie Hipkin / in: Uncategorised / No responses

Just 2 swims so far this week. A coaching session in an endless pool with South West Swim in Swindon and a trip to Gosfield Lake, where I planned to increase my distance. The coaching session came with stroke analysis, which was amazing! Information that would be hard to get […]

Swallows and Swimming 🏊🏼‍♀️

May 17th, 2022 / by Helen Turnbull / in: Uncategorised / No responses

There is something very wonderful sitting post a swim, with the sun shining brightly and the first of the summer swallows gliding through the sky above. With a cup of tea in hand, I sat in the nicest company – Becky and Juliet from The Henley Swim, Rachel, Abigail, Jennie and […]

Good Enough

May 15th, 2022 / by Jennie Hipkin / in: Uncategorised / No responses

I swam at Gosfield Lake again and managed to swim 1km! I was already feeling more confident when planning my second trip to Gosfield, it’s somehow easier once you know what to expect. My plan was to try and swim one lap of the short course (300m) in front crawl […]

16 Degrees

May 15th, 2022 / by Abigail / in: Uncategorised / No responses

16 Degrees 4 minute read My cold water swims are over. Saturday 7th May 2022 marks the first day where the temperature of the water is above 15 degrees (59 F). At 16 degrees (60.8 F), officially, we are no longer in cold water swimming territory. It feels like I […]

Progress, swimming in the Med … and an unexpected setback

May 12th, 2022 / by Jill Loader / in: Uncategorised / No responses

It’s about 6.30pm and I’ve ventured in for my final swim in the Med before returning home from a 5-day break in Puerto Pollensa, Mallorca. The sea temperature is about 16 degrees – positively tropical by British standards! – but it’s still a bit of a shock to the system […]

What a Week!

May 11th, 2022 / by Jennie Hipkin / in: Uncategorised / No responses

In my last blog, I wrote about wanting to find out how far I could swim, where I’m at now and how far I have to go. I was a little unsure which swim lake to book my session in initially as all my options are an hours’ drive away. […]

Coaching with the Girls That Can!

May 10th, 2022 / by Rachel Blackmore / in: Uncategorised / No responses

Last weekend was our first meet up with The Henley Swim team, Becky & Juliet who have been championing us from the very start of this challenge. We also got some great coaching from Ian & Emma Keys at Queenford Lakes in Oxfordshire. It was great to finally meet (most) […]