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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.

Thursday 20 October 2011

66 lengths in 55 minutes and in the paper again!!

First day of half term today, so I wanted to make sure I got ahead with a really good swim - Daddy says 66 lengths in 55 minutes is good enough especially as it was followed by 2 hours of gymnastics! 
And more good news, I am in the Somerset Standard again today with a story about me reaching the half way point in my swim, have a quick look at the link here my story I have my swimming lesson in the morning so I'll be adding some more lengths then too. Love Oliver
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