Liz’s Big Swim

– April 30, 2012Posted in: Blog, Headlines, News

Liz Hall took to the water on Saturday to complete a 5k swimathon in aid of Marie Curie – fantastic effort and an excellent time. Turned out to be the only action of the weekend after the New Forest triathlon was first turned into a duathlon due to the polar bears in the lake and then called off completely because of the rain. The rumour that this was all about Mark Turner not wanting to get his hair wet is currently unsubstantiated……

Here’s Liz’s swim report:

‘In total only 8 of us doing it – 3 doing the 5k challenge and the other 5 doing the 2.5k challenge.

Myself, Mike and Robert (two potential TriPurbeck members following my promotion of the club up in the bar afterwards!) were placed together in one lane.

Completed the distance in 1 hr 28 mins 06 secs – so made it just under the 90 minute goal I set myself! Robert in 1h:31m and Mike in 1h:42m. Very pleased with my time.

Although slightly dubious on the lap counting – at one point myself and Robert rested for a second to take on fuel and were told that I had completed 158 lengths and Robert 154, he then continues ahead of me, I catch him up and overtake and then we rest again later on at the same time. Told I’m on 180 lengths and Robert is on 178, so miraculously he’s shortened the distance by 2 lengths without even overtaking me!!

Felt solid throughout and very chuffed with my time. A very big thank you to everyone who sponsored me, I have raised a grand total of £261 for Marie Curie - well above my original target of £150, so thank you for your support.

Next big event is the Weymouth Classic on 17 June – my first tri of the season. Hope to see many of the TriPurbeckers there.

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Liz Hall

Posted April 30, 2012 at 9:33 PM

Just gone on the Swimathon Provisional Results website – well I was chuffed with my time but the fastest across the country for the individual 5k swim was 57 minutes. WHAT!!!! There were 26,000 swimmers taking part across the UK and I also discovered that in 2011 the first 5k challenge in butterfly took place with the fastest butterflier coming in at 1h:57m. 200 lengths of butterfly in less than 2 hours – now that’s impressive!