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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.

Friday, 19 October 2012

One More Sleep....

There's only one more sleep to go until the 2012 Swimtastic Awards - I am so excited.  Finlay and I  have both got a new shirt, tie and waistcoat to wear to the awards dinner - they look really cool.  I wonder which famous swimmers I will get to swim with?

Here's the link to the British Swimming Page that tells you about me and the other two finalists in the Young Swimmer of the Year Category, I wonder if the others are feeling excited about tomorrow too? http://www.swimming.org/asa/news/swimming/the-kelloggs-asa-swimtastic-awards-2012-countdown-thursday2/15280/

I was in the paper again this week, they ran a story about me being a finalist - you can see the story here  http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Boy-7-meet-stars-swimming-Channel/story-17111791-detail/story.html

So please keep your fingers doubly crossed for me tomorrow I will let you know how I get on, or if you like you can listen to mummy and me talking about it all on BBC Radio Somerset at 6.55am! on Monday morning (Mummy says to let you know that you can listen to this live on line if you want to!)

More soon, Love Oliver

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