guide dogs

No not that song by The Proclaimers but my epic quest to swim 500 miles in a year. I swim at a twenty five metre pool so that means thirty two thousand lengths, a minimum of six hundred and forty lengths a week for an entire year. In the end I averaged seven hundred and sixty eight lengths per...

I am now at a point in my 500 miles in 2022 swim challenge where doing an actual countdown to the target is now possible without becoming too boring. So I will now be editing this post on a regular basis to let everyone know where I am. Current Status 524.1 Miles...

Yet another update, I'm wondering if anyone reads them anymore as I think that they may be getting a bit repetitive. At the time of writing I've done 237 miles so I'm almost at the halfway point. I started out the year as a pretty mediocre swimmer. Now, well still mediocre but a bit further up...

By the end of March I should be up to 180 miles. I have a slight injury, a slightly sore muscle in my upper right arm but, providing that I'm able to do my usual three miles on the 31st, I will make it. Because the whole stunt was originally inspired by 220 Triathlon magazine columnist Martyn...

This is the state of play on my swim challenge as of 31st January 2022. The target for the year is 500 miles which equates to 32,000 pool lengths. This target requires me to swim a minimum of 10 miles or 640 lengths per week, 42 miles or 2,688 lengths per month. I have mostly been doing swim...

Further information on my upcoming 500 Miles In 2022 Swim Challenge for the Guide Dogs Charity. I have now set up the Just Giving page at: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Chris-Hobson9 My page is connected to a Strava app so that people will know that I'm actually doing it. It is currently...