1km Down
Last night I started the challenge with a 1,000m swim.
It was less painful than I anticipated, but I had less time than I expected since I only manage to get in the pool 25 minutes before kicking out time so that raised the effort level required a little.
This time it was a mixture of 3 strokes - front and back crawl with breaststroke when I needed a breather - in rough 3rds. Over time this will hopefully become more front crawl and less of the rest as my fitness (and speed) improve.
Progress Made
Lengths (25m): 2,800 - 40 = 2,760
Metres : 70,000 - 1,000 = 69,000
Km: 70 - 1 = 69
Add to my sponsorship total.
Posted at
11:27AM Jan 17, 2008
by Ann-Marie Jamieson in Personal |
Swimathon 2008
After spending 20 years saying "I must do more exercise" I've set myself a public challenge that means I have to do more than think about it. I've signed up for Swimathon in 2008 the which is raising funds for the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity.
I am a competent swimmer, even when unfit, so have opted for a distance challenge to be completed over a period of 14 weeks , rather than take part in a one off challenge. So my challenge is to swim a total distance of 70km by the 20th of April.
I have to swim an average of 5km per week to achieve this which means heading to a pool 2 - 3 times per week, depending on time available and my level of fitness. In a 25m pool (most commonly available distance around Edinburgh) this equates to 200 lengths per week and the challenge itself is to complete 2,800 lengths in total.
Since a number of people have already opted to sponsor me both inside and outside Sun I am choosing to use the Sun blog facility to share progress.
If you'd like to add to the sponsorship total please use the link below to access my page on the Swimathon 2008 system:
http://my.artezglobal.com/personalPage.aspx?SID=220454
Posted at
11:21AM Jan 17, 2008
by Ann-Marie Jamieson in Personal |