Backstroke Gold Medalist wishes me luck

Wow - two Olympians in two days. Thanks to Mummy's help with Twitter I've had another inspiring message from Liam Tancock, backstroke Gold Medalist and one of our best hopefuls for 2012 - I can't believe that him and Mark Foster have both contacted me (see @oliversswim), it's their messages and all of yours that keep me going. Thank You Oliver

Half a mile today and some special good luck...

I was really pleased to receive a Tweet from British Olympian Mark Foster yesterday wishing me luck for my swim, it really made my day and made me feel very special especially when it arrived on the day I'd beaten my PB. See it for yourself on Twitter @oliversswim
At school swimming today I did another half a mile and I'm now 500m away from the half way stage. Yipee

Day 1 of Week 5: Beaten my PB & swum 10 miles!

TD Day no school today - so made the most of a quiet pool at lunchtime - I'm really chuffed I've beaten by PB (that's personal best) and swum 80 lengths in one go! And that now takes my total to 10 miles..... hopefully I should reach the halfway stage next week...watch this space.

Turning practice today....

I had my lesson with Simone this morning and we were working on my turns - tumble turns and underwater swimming at the start of a length - like a dolphin with rocket arms! I love doing this as it's like my swimming hero Ryan Lochte - I've watched him do it on the TV loads with Michael Phelps. Mummy says it was quality rather than quantity today and that every little helps.  PS. Tom Daley is my No.1 British hero, but I haven't had the chance to try cool diving like him......yet!

Over 500 lengths in 3 weeks....

I had a good swim at school today - another 30 lengths. I'm really pleased to have swum over 500 lengths in 3 weeks. Thanks for all your messages, please keep sending them - I really look forward to seeing them.
I'll let you know how I get on tomorrow. Love Oliver

Today I broke my record...

I swam 72 lengths today which was 2 lengths more than I have ever swum before.  I did have to get out of the pool twice to go to the toilet but daddy said it was Ok because I would be allowed to get out of the channel onto a boat if I needed a wee. I wanted to break my best record, and I did so I'm very happy and daddy gave me a pound for my piggy bank, but he forgot to buy my chocolate because we were late and it was nearly past my bedtime when I got out of the pool. It was already night time dark.

I had egg, beans and toast for my tea. Daddy says that's the food of champions and I'm a record breaking champion.

Slow swimming practice....

I was practicing slow swimming in my lesson today - fast legs and slow front crawl arms - to get get my technique better. I had to count 3 seconds for every stroke and did 400 metres of this in my lesson. Simone says this will make me a more efficient swimmer and told me that if I can practice this during the Aspire challenge my front crawl will be amazing by the end.