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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.

Monday 12 September 2011

I started my swim...

At last I've started my swim - I did 47 lengths tonight after school which I'm really pleased about. Got my 50m time down to 69 seconds tonight too. 
Thanks for all your messages today.
I was on BBC Radio Somerset this morning at the end of the Breakfast Show - just before 9am - it should be up on the Iplayer tomorrow if you missed it. I will ask daddy if he can do a sound bite of it to add to my blog.
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  1. Anonymous12 September 2011 at 21:22

    Well done Oliver, keep going! have lots of fun! Debbie, Emmanuelle and Rufus x

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