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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, 17 October 2011

Yippeeee I'm Over Half Way

I am really proud that I have passed the half way point in my swim, having swum 11.3 miles in 5 weeks - that's 730 lengths. Daddy says it's all down hill from here, but I told him that pools are only flat and they don't go up and down! I had squad tonight and couldn't wait to get in the pool having missed my lesson on Saturday because Simone was ill - I'm looking forward to do some more swimming at school tomorrow, off to bed now for some rest. Love Oliver
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