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Hello and welcome to my blog. You can read about my challenge to be the youngest boy ever to complete the Aspire Channel Swim and also follow my journey towards being an even better swimmer. You can also read about my achievements along the way - like being the 2012 Kellogg's ASA Swimtastic Young Swimmer of the Year.
I completed the Channel swim when I was 6 years old - the task was to swim the equivalent of the English Channel in a pool in 12 weeks. That's 22 miles, or 1416 lengths of a 25m pool - this meant swimming 118 lengths a week, every week for the duration of the challenge. I finished the swim in 11 weeks and got my first swimming record.

BY DOING THIS I BECAME THE YOUNGEST BOY EVER TO COMPLETE THE ASPIRE CHANNEL SWIM and raised over £1273 to help people with spinal injuries.

Now I'm working to be an even better swimmer. I know I can swim for long distances, now I am working on swimming faster.

IN 2020 I'LL BE 15 - MICHAEL PHELPS SWAM IN HIS FIRST OLYMPICS WHEN HE WAS 15 - THAT'S MY DREAM TOO.

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

ANOTHER GOOD SWIM

Hello, it's Oliver. Mummy, Daddy Finlay and me went swimming after school today and I managed to do another 50 lengths, Finlay (my older brother) did 30, his bestest swimming ever! We got a chocolate bar afterward for doing so well, but we weren't allowed to eat it until after tea. I had a Twix and Finlay got some white Malteesers.

We met the lady who wrote the story in the Somerset Standard in the pool too, she was swimming as well.  She said she recognised me from the picture in the paper, does that mean I'm famous now.

Daddy says I'm ahead of schedule for this week which is good, he says if I keep going like this I will finish early.
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  1. Julia Hogben14 September 2011 at 22:32

    Aren't you tired yet?
    I am just following you on here.
    Keep it up
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