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Channel Swim: Relay!

Posted on June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 by Stuart Handley

Monday 14th June, 1:40 am The big diesel engines dropped to an idle as Reg picked out the Samphire Hoe

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Swimming in an Endless pool

Channel Swim 26: Pool swimming keeps channel swimmers honest

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 by Stuart Handley

When you are facing a challenge that takes you far into unknown territory, there is a time for honesty. Equally,

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Go Again

Channel Swim 25: We go again

Posted on November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 by Stuart Handley

“This is gone. We go… exactly the same, we go again. Come on!” Steven Gerrard, Liverpool Football club, April 2014

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Swimmer in the English Channel

Channel Swim 24: The Swim

Posted on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 by Stuart Handley

September 7/8th, 2020 So it’s been a while since the last post. I’ve been busy swimming, and needed to digest

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Channel Swim 23: Swimmers in the Ditch!

Posted on August 11, 2020August 12, 2020 by Stuart Handley

‘There’s swimmers in the ditch! Everyone start tracking!’ I was training in Dover on the 12th July when the cry

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Coming in for the final time

Channel Swim 22: Dover!

Posted on July 11, 2020August 11, 2020 by Stuart Handley

note: yes I know there’s a post missing. It’s written, but I’m not ready to publish it. I might add

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New Training Plan

Channel Swim 20: New Training Plan

Posted on June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 by Stuart Handley

A weeks worth of Training plan Coach Hannah had come through and delivered a new, OW focused training plan. Week

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Qualifying Swim Attempt 1

Channel Swim 19: Qualifying Swim Attempt 1

Posted on June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 by Stuart Handley

The Thames 5:58 am, June 7th It was a promising morning, blue skies and a dead flat river mirroring me

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Swimming after lockdown

Channel Swim 18: A brave new world

Posted on June 2, 2020June 8, 2020 by Stuart Handley

Things have moved fast in the last couple of weeks. Lakes have reopened and we can now swim in rivers

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Tethered swimming

Channel Swim 17: Light at the end of the tunnel

Posted on May 14, 2020June 8, 2020 by Stuart Handley

It’s been a while since the last post. I’d just blogged (again) about how we were all having to scrap

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