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The “Young Guns & Cinnamon Buns” English Channel Relay Team successfully swam on 27th August 2022 in a time of 12 Hours and 48 Minutes. The team was a six-person relay including 12-year-old Hugo Tribbeck, a student at Bishop Wordsworth School in Salisbury and a member of Salisbury Stingrays Swimming Club. Hugo is raising funds…
So as it stands it’s one-nil to The Sea, or to the English Channel to be precise, but I’m ready to even the score. Three years ago I tried to swim from England to France but my attempt was unsuccessful and I was pulled out after twelve and a half hours suffering from Swimming Induced Pulmonary Edema (SIPE).
I’ve had an enforced break from training lately as I’ve been under the weather with a cold. It’s important not to train while you’re ill but to concentrate on getting well. If you try and train before you’re fully recovered you’re likely to prolong recovery and ultimately lose even more training time. Another golden rule…
The so-called “Beast from the East” that has disrupted the UK for the last few days released it’s icy grip on the road to Fisherman’s Walk sufficiently to allow for a good turn out of swimmers. Wave buoy data from near Boscombe Pier reported sea temperatures of 4.7ºC whilst more localised readings on the day showed it to be down 4ºC. Whichever way you look at it it was chilly, and chillier than would normally be expected at Bournemouth.