Food Glorious Food.

Jelly Babies..
maybe the King of sports and Channel Sweets

Channel swimming , and in particular Channel eating and drinking  is strange and complex art form.... what is is good for some, is a recipe for disaster for others...some swear by sports drinks , jelly babies ,sports protein  bar etc  , while others will eat almost anything...50+ yrs ago our channel peers  would drink sugared tea, or even brandy or whiskey , eat a few steak sandwiches before carrying on to complete their swims ..so what is best..??? we hope to find out, or at least give a Ricks option to it ...God help us.

it could only be one song for Ricks read along as you listen tune this week..!! Food Glorious Food from Oliver..!!! do you dream of Food, glorious food,Hot sausage and mustard,While we're in the mood,Cold jelly and custard, Pease pudding and saveloys, What next? Is the question,Rich gentlemen have it, boys In dye-ges-ti-on!..( simply click on the picture to hear the great song from Oliver  maybe you can sing it your head when are swimming or aboard the boat for your channel swim in 2013 )

Is it worth the waiting for,

If we live till eighty-four,

All we ever get is,

Maxim .!!

Maxim
the Best Friend for many a successful channel solo swimmer.
But is it really needed for a relay swimmer 

watch out for our new blog shortly ...this is big subject to cover , and will be a work in process over the coming weeks and maybe month , we are not looking at eating issues during a channel swim for a solo swimmer as we have no clue or experiences in solo swims of the channel , but we are looking more at do you eat if your a channel relay swimmer..!! its been said that a channel relay swim is harder than a solo, not off course in swimming terms but because of extreme matters that us relay guys and girls have to put with when we are not doing our one hour swims, the length of  time you have to spend on a small boat  bobbing up and down in the sea , with the constant lovely smell that all channel swimmers love.!! Diesel ..

Is This the type of channel food you should be eating.??
we are not sure it is ..!

what do u eat..?  Big ricks double swim this yr lasted in total from leaving Folkstone harbor to start our swim until our return next day was a total of almost 26hrs..!! that 26hrs at sea..!!! what do you eat .?? what did we eat..?? all will be shown ...be ready to be scared, just wait till u see what Ricks Captain Rob Cash eat throughout his trip..!! it will have all channel folk turning in their sleeping bags.. 

Pre Swim Lunch...
we are planned to swim the next morning at 1am,
so for change we try to eat like real swimmers,..
7 ,Roast Chickens, buckets of  pasta even some salad for super Darran..
and no beer or wine..( this was the hardest bit )...

Ricks Captain Cash,,
Rob tucking into his 1st course Beans and Sausages... is this the Right type of food.??
 well it did rob no harm as went on to smash 4 x 1 hr swims with no problem at all  

we took 2 gas burners  so we  cook warm food and drinks  anytime we wanted,
however once it was got out,  that was it.. no stop eating for some , for 24hrs,..!
1st to up to do his master chef skills was the The Don "Richard "
who asks anyone for bacon sandwiches..??  its 5.30am..

The Don...
after doing his 1st hour , Richard claims  he has never tasted a better bacon bap
 in his life...;-))its around 5.30 ish  on a Tuesday morning
once again, is this right type of food to be eating on a double channel swim.??
once again Rich did 4 x 1 hrs swims with ease..

more to come...!!