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Mr Ironman and a pool of treacle

May 26th, 2016 / by Katie / in: Uncategorised / No responses

PANIC!!!!!! That pretty much sums up my feeling as I began my swim this weekend. It’s been one of those “life gets in the way” weeks with a germ ridden household, an overdue research assignment and not enough hours in the day. A consequence of which was realising I hadn’t […]

It’s so much more than swimming 

May 17th, 2016 / by Katie / in: Uncategorised / 1 Response

With seven weeks under my belt I’m beginning to realise This Girl Can Swim is not just about the swimming. Success isn’t going to be developing the body of an athlete, it’s about having the mindset of an athlete. It’s self-belief that’s going to get me to the finish line, […]

Dipping a toe in

May 13th, 2016 / by Katie / in: Uncategorised / 3 Responses

Sometimes it’s those little questions that get in the way….like what an earth am I meant to be doing? Ok, I know the bigger picture, the general gist being to swim up and down at variety of different speeds, with a variety of paraphernalia, but aside from that. How do […]

Getting superpowers

May 4th, 2016 / by Katie / in: Uncategorised / No responses

It may sound a little odd to admit, but one of the things I worry about as I swim is being conspicuous. So when I received my official Henley swim hat I realised this was something I was going to have to get over, though I have to confess it’s […]

It’s all about the wobble

April 26th, 2016 / by Katie / in: Uncategorised / 2 Responses

It’s not a great week when you find you have to include a walk along the towpath as part of your training, but I’ll take successes where I can and with the husband working away I needed to be creative. Not to be defeated I figured this gave me opportunity […]

An undiscovered talent

April 18th, 2016 / by Katie / in: Uncategorised / 2 Responses

6:30am normally finds me in a bleary eyed state of semi-consciousness, fueled by strong coffee as I get ready to try and spoon porridge into a wide awake baby.  So, with this in mind choosing to set the alarm for 6am before the sound asleep baby woke up seemed to […]

The good news is my maternity swimsuit fits…

April 11th, 2016 / by Katie / in: Uncategorised / No responses

To say the first week of training is over is really to say I’ve been acclimatising, which in itself may be over egging the athleticism involved. It really meant finding my way around the pool – you know the kind of thing, where the changing rooms are, is it £1 for […]

and then it was done…

July 12th, 2015 / by TGCSadmin / in: Uncategorised / No responses

I’ve done it! I swam the Henley Mile in 51 minutes and 5 seconds!     

It’s today!

July 12th, 2015 / by TGCSadmin / in: Uncategorised / No responses

This is the day we’ve been working towards. Am I ready? Yes, I think so. I’m excited and just a little scared as I get ready. My last swim before today did not quite go according to plan. Having got up at 5.30am to put in a swim before school I […]

Eat, Sleep, Candy Crush, Repeat

July 11th, 2015 / by TGCSadmin / in: Uncategorised / No responses

I swam a mile this morning; I didn’t ache anywhere and felt as fresh when I finished as when I started. While I was swimming I started to think about how much I have moved since the end of March.  After I got the call from The Henley Mile Swim […]