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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.

Tuesday 25 October 2011

What a day...two thirds of the way there and more good luck....

What a day......I'm back on form. Good things happened - first, two tweets from Olympic Butterfly Swimmer Jemma Lowe and British Swimmer Jazz Carlin wishing me luck, then I managed to beat my PB 84 lengths in one swim!
Daddy took me swimming in Bath today while Mummy took Finlay roller blading. Daddy had to call the manager down to the pool because the life guard wouldn't let me swim lengths in the lanes. The manager didn't believe that someone my age could swim so well, Daddy says I made him eat his words!! I did 84 lengths of my best swimming..... they didn't try and stop me again!  
Then after swimming we went for tea at Jamie Olivers... a great day.
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  1. Julia Hogben26 October 2011 at 08:07

    Well done you, how's daddy getting on, is he still keeping up with you?
    Can't believe your nearly there.
    Xxxxx

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