Jen finishes The Great North Swim!

[TonyLees]

Ok so it's not "on track" and it wasn't really a race but "mother of five" Jen completed the Great North Swim last Sunday.
She ended up in the top third for her age and gender out of a total of 6000 swimmers!
Many mog drivers sponsored her (the ones I collared. If anyone else want to donate please feel free to) and here is her report:

Hi Everyone
Windermere was at its best on Sunday morning, bright sunshine, not a breath of wind and a very balmy 17C. 3000 swimmers went into the water on sunday in batches of about 200. We were all aiming to swim the 1 mile course as fast as we could, some of course faster than others, the Olympic swimmers were completing the course in about 16 mins, Annie and I were very pleased with our 42 and 43 minutes respectively and had a wonderful time. Thank you very much to all of you sponsored me, I will have collected about £700 for my charity DELTA which works with Deaf children. So once again Thank You and have a lovely last race at Snetterton. If any of you want to join me next year take a look at the website for Great North Swim to get an idea of the event.
Love and best wishes Jen

[Chris Acklam]

Well done Jen.

Happy to sponsor Tony for this next year

[TonyLees]

me swim in shark infested lakes?
no chance!
event pics

[Leigh Sebba]

Well done. I've seen those same goggles being worn in the Viper.

There's a Great South Swim next week near Ipswch (but I never got my entry in) and I look forward to the biathlon (swim and race) at Mallory.

Will swimming now take over cycling on the discussion group. I recently met a chap who says he never wears a wetsuit - as they weren't allowed when he swum the English Channel.

Leigh
(in cloudy Angouleme having just got out of the swim pool)

[Andy Garlick]

Tony
Please pass my congratulations along.
There was a similar event in the south called the Great London Swim , which took place in the Royal Victoria Docks.
My club provided the kayak safety cover for the swimmers. The format was a little different with 7 "waves" of about 200 to 400 swimmers each after the elite men and elite women had completed their swims.
I think we only "rescued" about 7 people in total all day , so we were able to enjoy the day out on the water.
BTW it was much warmer in the south, air temp of 26 and water temp of 22 .
Regards
Andy