Welcome

Welcome to our blog. We have been training to do swim the channel for several months. All of us are experienced swimmers, but over the last few months we have been focusing on cold water swimming. The temperature in the channel at the time we plan to swim is usually between 55 and 60 degrees, and to get ready we have been swimming in Oregon lakes. We started back in April swimming in Hagg Lake. The temperature was in the high 40's when we started. I only stayed in for about 2 minutes the first time. The next time it seems like the temperature was about 52 and I think I stayed in for about 20 minutes. Gradually as the weeks went by I was able to stay in longer and longer. Two weeks ago Natalie and I swam in Nehalem Bay for an hour. It was 54 degrees and we felt fine.

We will be traveling to Dover England within the next week. We will arrive on June 28, and plan to recover from the trip and do a little training in Dover Harbor before our tide starts. That's what they call the window of time for our swim. We haven't been able to swim in salt water in our training. This will be our first real chance. We also haven't been able to swim at night, and that is also something we need to be prepared to do.