Fletch
Striker
Sorry to hear matePostponed until next Summer because of the weather.
Swimming the Channel
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Fletch
Striker
Pass on our luck mate
Medulla
Striker
Cheers mate, will do!
Did it go okay mate? I fancy doing it but would prob need a lottery win so I could put th training in. Hope it went okay, fair play to your Mrs whatever happened or happens.
Tell your Mrs well done mate, that’s fab, you’ll have to let me know what’s involved. Bet she’s buzzing, amazing achievement,
Thurston
Winger
Congratulations to her.
I am curious about what motivated her to do this in the first place? (I’m admittedly someone whose idea of “swimming” extends only as far as being in a pool in Spain with a beer, so absolutely nothing about her achievement or what she’s had to go through to take even take a plunge in the Channel in the first place sounds remotely fun to me
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conrad
Striker
pure madness (i was working on my swimming from August till lockdown for a iron man race) and just pure respect for the effort that’s went into that!!! 17hours in the water ha
Medulla
Striker
Thanks lads, recovering today. She did a relay with 5 other people a couple of years ago and just really wanted it as a challenge. She is doing it for charity but that's not the reason.Congratulations to her.
I am curious about what motivated her to do this in the first place? (I’m admittedly someone whose idea of “swimming” extends only as far as being in a pool in Spain with a beer, so absolutely nothing about her achievement or what she’s had to go through to take even take a plunge in the Channel in the first place sounds remotely fun to me
What's involved? A f***ing lot of training, a really good pilot you trust, a great crew and a well tested feeding schedule. Amongst other things!
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Again mate, utmost respect to everyone involved, enjoy the moment
Medulla
Striker
Honestly mate, it's actually quite a few years now. Next year is going to be carnage with swims pushed from this year due to COVID.
But you book with registered pilots and their boat rather than any centralised authority, so it depends on who is on their books. That said, you want to find a good one, and naturally they're the ones that have more on their books than others.
On a completely unrelated note, there was a relay out today with the boat our lass went with and they got about 500m from France. Weather turned, making their landing too dangerous and the swim was aborted. Imagine that.
Stuff like that isn't all that unusual as well.
D.A
Striker
I wouldn't abort.
offmenut
Striker
Yes, my nieces fella has just had his put back a month or so ago.
Gutted for him as he's been training so hard since early this year. Hopefully he will get a chance to do it next year.
Medulla
Striker
Same happened to the missus last year mate, it's devastating. It's the mental preparation as much more than the physical really. Also what people don't realise is that that's their spot now gone, they're pushed to the following year but they have to get lucky and either hope someone has to cancel or be crammed in around the other swimmers - you go from having a rough window to target to having to focus on everything and nothing.
It's honestly one of the most ridiculously tough challenges anyone can do and it's very little to do with the physical demands. Tbh it was tough on me and I was just the support crew!!
Fingers crossed for him though, I'm sure he'll get a slot next year and give it his all
