Last weekend we each completed The Swimathon. For the last two years we have done it as Team Goggleblog with parents Wendy and Chris swimming the lion’s share and son Archie doing the rest to make 5Km between the three of us. When he was 7 Archie swam a respectable 28 lengths of the indoor [...]
In eight days time my 9 year old son Archie will hopefully have finished the longest swim of his life. 200 lengths of the pool at Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre (that’s exactly 200 times further than Frank Skinner managed when he was filmed there for Sport Relief). Of course the difference between Frank and Archie [...]
As challenges go it’s not exactly up there with swimming The Channel/ The Thames or running 43 marathons in 51 days but for Frank Skinner swimming a length of a pool for Sport Relief is a very big deal indeed. “I had swimming lessons when I was at school,” the comedian told The Radio Times. [...]
Goggleblog catches up with Barnet Copthall Swimming Club‘s brightest young talent, Charlie Boldison. Just 19, he recently competed in the British Gas National Swimming Championships at the Aquatics Centre in Stratford, London, finishing 7th in the 100m backstroke final and 6th in the 200m backstroke final. Here he talks about his experiences of swimming at [...]
The last few days I have been spending quite a lot of time down at the Aquatics Centre in Stratford watching the British Gas National Swimming Championships 2012. It is of course the venue for the swimming and diving events at this year’s London Olympics. And it’s fantastic. This year, the national swimming trials coincides [...]
Double Olympic gold medallist and Speedo Ambassador, Rebecca Adlington, took some time away from her training recently to spread the word about the Swimathon Weekend 2012. Rebecca encourages everyone to get in the pool and be part of the world’s biggest swim! Taking place between April 27 to April 29, the Swimathon offers you the [...]
Next month marks one of the biggest events in the swimming calendar. The British Gas Swimming Championships 2012 will determine who will secure a place on the GB Team for this year’s London Olympics. Held at the London Aquatics Centre, the venue for this year’s Olympic swimming events, it will be the first opportunity that [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about sporting comebacks and why there have been quite a few in swimming, most notably Australia’s Ian Thorpe and America’s Janet Evans. What makes them do it? The cynical might say it’s the opportunity to make more money through (fairly) lucrative sponsorship deals, but I’m really not so sure. [...]
It’s that time of year. The days are starting to get longer and although it’s still cold out there, thoughts are turning to this year’s swimming events. Obviously my preference is for swimming outside which is why I’ll be signing up to the British Gas Great London Swim in The Thames very soon. I enjoyed [...]
The UK’s biggest swimming charity event, Swimathon, celebrates its Silver Jubilee in Olympic year with a big splash planned for the weekend of 27th to 29th April 2012. Officially launched at the fantastic Oasis outdoor pool in Covent Garden yesterday (Thursday January 5th), the event promises to be the biggest swim to date! Swimathon Weekend [...]
