| A Few Bits & Pieces.. of Ricks swimmers and friends adventures over the last few weeks.!  |
Our great friend Anji from swan pool
swam Windermere
end to end last week!
all 10.5 miles of it , in 17 degree with
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| Anji looking a bit nervous before the off..! |
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| Anji soon lost all her nerves once in the water swimming great in the first hour of the swim |
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| lunch time feed stop .! not far to go now.!! |
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who escorted anji safely throughout the swim all photos curiosity of Chillswim http://www.chillswim.com/
Swimbritain Blenheim Palace
 
The ASA Team
The Boldmere SC Team
  
David Walliams and Duncan Goodhew
doing thier warm-ups before joining in ith today swim
http://www.swimbritain.co.uk/about/blenheim
Enduroman
ENDUROMAN ARCH TO ARC
The challenge that connects two of the world's most
beautiful cites
by running, swimming and cycling.
Run 21h55m from London to Dover (T1 18h05m)
Swim 17h25m the English channel (T2 6h35m ) cycle 20h44m from Calais to Paris . total time 84h44m Congratulations from us all Ricks . 
Paul`s Enduroman support team join for final picture at
Marble Arch, London
The start
of his amazing adventure . Just the 87 miles to run, the channel to swim and
180 mile bike to Paris!
  Paul then. Swam The English channel in 17h25m all 22 miles of it 
he made it...... you are a channel swimmer
an
amazing achievement in itself ,but after running 87 miles before,
it’s amazing , now its bike time..!
Deja vu - now at Wissant -
exactly level with where paul landed from the swim at 5.30 this morning.! .
he Cannot believe he's actually done
that and now fresh as a daisy on his bike
paul then , cycled the 187 miles from from Calais to Paris
but why..??? Paul undertook the Arch to Arc triathlon to help The Aspire
Charity to help others who have spinal cord injures to have better of
lives ... what a man.!!
A Post from Aspire
HE DID IT! Paul Parrish just became the oldest person to complete the Arch to Arc challenge in the 6th fastest time ever! 84 hours 44 minutes.
He’s
also only the 20th person ever to do it since it began in 2001
AND he’s raised
over £17,000 for Aspire. Congratulations Paul from everyone
https://www.justgiving.com/PaulParrishArch2Arc 
The Finishing the
photo of Paul holding his bike aloft at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris ,Its the picture he’s been dreaming of for 2 years ..the picture that means
he joins the club only of 20 people in the world to ever complete
the Marble Arch
to Arc de Triomphe Enduroman
Triathlon
Hear
a lovely interview with Paul after his land mark challenge
swim this week
in this interview with the bbc`s Adrian Chiles, Paul describes how his life has
changed in the last 14 yrs. He talks about just became the oldest person to
complete the Arch to Arc challenge in the 6th fastest time ever! 84 hours 44
minutes. And about being only the 20th person ever to do it since it
began in 2001
AND he talks about the Aspire Charity...
(click the arrow in the picture above to hear paul )
He's now raised over £18,000 which is simply amazing. If you'd like to donate
you can do so here: https://www.justgiving.com/PaulParrishArch2Arc/
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