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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.

Friday, 2 September 2011

Daddy did a training swim today to  try and keep up with me when I do my big swim.  He says it didn't go well.
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3 comments:

  1. Julia Hogben2 September 2011 at 21:24

    Well done you.
    Keep up the training little fish and you will do it.
    We look forward to reading your updates.
    Love Team Hogben
    xxxxx

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  2. Oliver Saunders3 September 2011 at 16:09

    Thank you, I will do my best. Love Oliver

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  3. Anonymous5 September 2011 at 10:18

    Good luck Oliver and thank you for supporting our charity, Aspire. You are a STAR!
    From everyone at Aspire

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