24 July 2009
Good stint in the river this morning with CN. Steady 62mins in which we were buzzed by two kayaks, one sculler (twice), mooed at by one GIANT cow and accompanied by a squadron of the Queen's swans. Quite, quite picturesque, if not still cold. Might make it to the ocean this weekend if i'm lucky and the weather holds.
23 july 2009
race this evening. 1500m lake swim at Datchet (www.openwaterswim.co.uk). should be fun. water temp is apparently 19.6 degrees C....sounds warmer than it is in the river!
RESULTS FROM LAKE SWIM - 17th overall (behind 16 people in wetsuits!!!) 21 mins:49 not so bad. Might be tempted to try a wettie next time to see what it can do. Comparing myself to my friends who swam (in wetties) it should give me 1:30 advantage over the 21 minute race. that's HUGE! Encouraging result for the channel later this summer.
19.6 degrees is indeed warmer than the river. Felt very comfortable in this, although it's nothing like what the channel will be!
23 july 2009
Am already 11% of the way to my target of 1500 quid for the RNLI! not bad going for one day!
22 July 2009
Trained this morning in the river, 50minutes at race pace. With heavy downpour of yesterday the water is colder still and the flow is stronger against the stream. Got cramp in hands and toes started to get cold. Launched just-giving site today, www.justgiving.com/Jeremy-Lovell-Davis which is also linked here....see below!Will keep you all posted over the coming weeks.
20 July 2009
River Thames has cleared up in the last month. Pleasant shade of weed-green and visibility improved. Heaps better than peaty-brown of May & June. 54min swim this morning to Marlow Weir. Training going well.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Welcome and a brief introduction
Hey there, welcome to my pages.
I'm Jezz - good to meet you.
The reason i've pulled this page together is primarily to document that I am swimming The English Channel. As part of a team of four, I will be doing this across the August 2009 long weekend. Partly for the sheer challenge of it and also to raise some money for charity, the team and I are undertaking one of the premier open water swims in the world. It sounds melodramatic and somewhat self-important right now, but it's described as the 'everest' of ocean swims. Not having done it yet, I can't comment. I am sure i'll change my tune when i'm immersed in the swell and the chop of the ocean though.
My target for rundraising is £1,500 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute RNLI http://www.rnli.org.uk which helps to keep safe all users of the UK’s beaches and river Thames.
I am also aiming to raise as much cash as I can for the Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol of Australia RVCP, the Ulladulla NSW crew http://www.rvcpulladulla.com.au/ who patrol the waters around Mollymook, Ulladulla and Bateman's Bay.
In addition to plenty of time in the pool with Wycombe Masters, my training for this event consists of hour-long early morning sessions in the River Thames at Marlow to acclimatize to the temperature. From what I hear, the water in the channel is somewhere around 14-15 degrees celsius, so even in hour long relay sessions over the whole 19 mile distance, that gets pretty cold.
You can follow my progress here if you'd like to come along for the ride. Would be great to have you on board!
I'm Jezz - good to meet you.
The reason i've pulled this page together is primarily to document that I am swimming The English Channel. As part of a team of four, I will be doing this across the August 2009 long weekend. Partly for the sheer challenge of it and also to raise some money for charity, the team and I are undertaking one of the premier open water swims in the world. It sounds melodramatic and somewhat self-important right now, but it's described as the 'everest' of ocean swims. Not having done it yet, I can't comment. I am sure i'll change my tune when i'm immersed in the swell and the chop of the ocean though.
My target for rundraising is £1,500 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute RNLI http://www.rnli.org.uk which helps to keep safe all users of the UK’s beaches and river Thames.
I am also aiming to raise as much cash as I can for the Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol of Australia RVCP, the Ulladulla NSW crew http://www.rvcpulladulla.com.au/ who patrol the waters around Mollymook, Ulladulla and Bateman's Bay.
In addition to plenty of time in the pool with Wycombe Masters, my training for this event consists of hour-long early morning sessions in the River Thames at Marlow to acclimatize to the temperature. From what I hear, the water in the channel is somewhere around 14-15 degrees celsius, so even in hour long relay sessions over the whole 19 mile distance, that gets pretty cold.
You can follow my progress here if you'd like to come along for the ride. Would be great to have you on board!
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