Getting Started.....

Ok so here we are first blog!  Still not 100% sure how to use this, but we are now online and in more ways that one.

Should you want to you can also follow 5:21's progress on:

www.twitter.com/challenge521

and

www.flickr.com/photos/challenge521

So how did 5:21 come about and what is it's purpose?  Basically there are five of us involved in this challenge; Alice Baker, Isabelle Brown, Poppy Ilderton, Amy Kunicki and Josie Woodhams.  The five of us all live in and around Reading and are all now students at various universities.  Most importantly we all used to swim for our local swimming clubs, and decided over the summer just gone (2011) that it would be great to pick up our swimming fitness again.  This clearly was not enough however, and so to challenge ourselves even further we decided to swim the English Channel.  In fairness I think it was Amy who first came up with the idea, but all of us jumped right on board (no pun intended) and we are now in the process of preparing for our goal.  Although we have to raise £3000 in order to swim the channel we are also doing it for Cancer Research UK, and any money raised in excess of £3000 will be donated to this worthwhile cause.

This blog will be updated with news of our progress, problems we encounter and will give you the chance to get further involved with 5:21 (5 people : 21 miles).  In this diary like fashion we hope to be able to keep in contact and keep a record of everything that we hope to achieve over the next 12 months.

So there was a quick hello from us and explanation as to who we are and what we are doing.  Please feel free to contact us if you want any more information via our email address challenge521@hotmail.co.uk

Until next time...