Last year I swam the length of the channel (in the pool. I don't like fish or poo. I like my swimming water to be chlorinated!) for Aspire, who help people with spinal injuries, like one of my close friends. I did it in 26 days, and managed to raise about £350.
However, this year I want to do something bigger and better. I've decided to swim 230km (143 miles), which is the length of the longest river in East Anglia (it's actually 230.136km, but I've rounded up to the nearest 25m, so it'll be like I'm swimming 14m into the sea!), in 115 days, the amount of time I'm home from University. I'd like to raise £920.60, which is 10p a length, (see, all of these random numbers have meanings :-P ) for The Arthrogryposis Group . Arthrogryposis is the condition which my boyfriend is affected by, so I'd really like to raise the money to help them.
I'm already starting to feel a bit daunted by this, however I've got £5 already and I'm not starting swimming until Saturday. That's my first 50 lengths sponsored already. So thank you to my housemate Akash, who I didn't have to guilt trip into sponsoring me :-P
So please, please will you sponsor me too? I'd like to be able to get in the pool on Saturday and know that my first mile and a quarter is sponsored already. I only need 3 more pounds!
PS, I also need some songs to fill my (waterproof) MP3 player up with to stop me getting bored and talking to the lifeguards. Any suggestions would be appreciated :-)
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