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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.

Saturday, 29 October 2011

Reached the 1,000 lengths milestone today - 6 miles to go...

Gosh 1,000 lengths is a long way  - but I've smashed through the milestone today. I did 50 lengths with Daddy this afternoon after a couple of goes on the inflatable - Total Wipeout style!! They weren't going to let me on the inflatable because they thought I wouldn't be a good enough swimmer - but one of the life guards came over and told the one running the inflatable that  he's seen me swimming and that there was nothing to worry about - so I got to have a go!!
I've got 384 lengths left to swim, I need to keep going for a few more weeks and I'll be there - I'm getting closer to my record every day.
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