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Matt’s Channel Swim Webblog

After throwing myself into the sea in Brighton last October to swimming  in Portsmouth harbour in January and Tooting Bec Lido in February (water temperature 2 degrees C – I was numb for 3 days)
last weekend’s itinerary included a 7 hour swim on Saturday during the day followed by a 20 minute swim in the dark to get used to what I might face on the day / night. On Sunday we banged out a further 5 hours for good measure. This weekend marks the conclusion of the training with a two 8 hour swims. After that I begin to taper my training towards the big day. This means less swimming and more eating. I cannot think of another sport where it is actually beneficial to gain weight.