So by some miracle we will be leaving for Dover at 11.45 to begin our swim!
Poppy has now arrived with us, bacon sandwiches have been made and we have finalised all the packing. If you would like to picture our current scene, we are sitting around the dining table with tea and biscuits and pondering when we need to put on our first swimming costumes!
The swim will actually begin between 12.30 and 1.30 am, and the order of swim should you want to know will be:
1. Alice
2. Amy
3. Poppy
4. Izzy
5. Josie
We are all very excited but nerves are definitely kicking in. This isn't meant to sound like a disclaimer, but the swimming the Channel is no easy task, and while we have heard a multitude of different success rate figures it is by no means certain that we will complete the challenge ahead of us. However, after the week we have had, the effort we have put in over the year and the amount of encouragement and support we have recieved from everyone, we are determined to give it our very best shot. Team Challenge 5:21 are truly ready to go!
We are also determined to put on a good show for the excellent causes we are supporting, Cancer Research UK and the Mark Evison Foundation.
If you would like to sponsor us you can at http://www.justgiving.com/Challenge-521
We probably won't be in contact again with people until after the swim - we will try and update twitter occasionally but don't think that there will be much internet available mid Channel! - so until further news is available bon voyage!
About Me
- Challenge 5:21
- 5 people : 21 miles We are 5 girls from Reading who are swimming the English Channel in the summer of August 2012 to raise money and awareness for Cancer Research UK. Follow on here our progress in training and organizing our challenge!
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