2 Way Windermere Swim

At the risk of totally boring you all to death, here are some startling facts about my 2 way Windermere Swim. Courtesey of the British Long Distance Swimming Association's offical record.

• I am the first New Zealand born swimmer to do a 2 way swim.
• I am the oldest ever to do this swim.
• My 3rd of September swim is the latest in the year that this swim has been completed. 
• This was the only completed 2 way swim for 2012.
• I am the 24th fastest. The fastest time of 8 hours 44 is insane!
• As I averaged 55 strokes a minute, the whole swim took me 42,900 strokes. (based on 13 hours swimming)
• As I generally breath every 4 strokes, that makes 10,700 breaths.
• I lost 4.5 Kgs over the course of the swim. After 27 beers, they somehow reappeared.
• I felt like I had been in a car crash for 2 days afterwards.
• I will never eat another Jaffacake again.
• Am I on for a triple Windermere in the future. Noooooooooooooooooooooo!

I am currently organising my swims for next year. Big announcement next week.

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