Saturday July 28th was the two year anniversary since we swam the English Channel with our relay teams. My Dad and I drove into Warrnambool to meet a few of the other swimmers. It was the first time that I had been swimming in the ocean at home for a while, as I had been on holidays...somewhere with warmer water!
I was absolutely freezing, and lips and toes had gone numb..but, at evry stop I still managed a grin-I was loving it! (and the hot shower and drinks afterwards were quite good also!)
I'm really looking forward to this opportunity to swim the Channel with some great girls, and raise funds for the Fred Hollows Foundations.
Kez
The team from T.O.T.M. also welcomes on board it's members from Jersey Island: Bianca, Tasmin & Chantelle. Welcome, ladies!
Monday 30 July 2007
Thursday 5 July 2007
Cold? Windy?Icy Water? Perfect day for a swim then!
Somebody remind me why am I doing this again? It may really be around 9 degrees out of the water but standing here in my bathers it feels about 2 degrees.....
..A TV show needed some video footage of us so we, being me and Amelia, had to once again go for a swim this time in 11.5 degree water. Let me set the scene for you....
...OK in the car getting ready (putting our goggles and cap on) sit Amelia & me trying to stay in the car as long as possible for out of the car it's one of the windiest days EVA!!
Finally when mum gets us out of the car we run as fast as we could towards the 11.5 degree water. I know what your thinking why towards the FREEZING cold water, at this point we weren't thinking straight so we thought the water would be warmer. BIG MISTAKE!!
After we had stood on the ladder for about 10minutes we took a deep breath, and.......
.... in we drop! Then there was that minute of not breathing properly and that second when you just feel -sometimes for me & amelia it's not just feel- like screaming. We then ,after all that, only went for a 10minute swim. After the swim we rugged up in our deck coats and hurried to the car. I'm not sure about Amelia but as soon as I got home I had a warm shower and a hot chocolate.
Looking back on it now I'm just glad that we completed this one step towards helping people.
I also went into the 11.5degree water another time this past week. I had an interview with the local WIN news. It was really scary because I was out there alone but once again I'm just glad I did it because it was on the TV so more people learned about what TOTM is doing for the Fred Hollows Foundation and for the teenagers of the world.
C-ya later
Chloe Jones
..A TV show needed some video footage of us so we, being me and Amelia, had to once again go for a swim this time in 11.5 degree water. Let me set the scene for you....
...OK in the car getting ready (putting our goggles and cap on) sit Amelia & me trying to stay in the car as long as possible for out of the car it's one of the windiest days EVA!!
Finally when mum gets us out of the car we run as fast as we could towards the 11.5 degree water. I know what your thinking why towards the FREEZING cold water, at this point we weren't thinking straight so we thought the water would be warmer. BIG MISTAKE!!
After we had stood on the ladder for about 10minutes we took a deep breath, and.......
.... in we drop! Then there was that minute of not breathing properly and that second when you just feel -sometimes for me & amelia it's not just feel- like screaming. We then ,after all that, only went for a 10minute swim. After the swim we rugged up in our deck coats and hurried to the car. I'm not sure about Amelia but as soon as I got home I had a warm shower and a hot chocolate.
Looking back on it now I'm just glad that we completed this one step towards helping people.
I also went into the 11.5degree water another time this past week. I had an interview with the local WIN news. It was really scary because I was out there alone but once again I'm just glad I did it because it was on the TV so more people learned about what TOTM is doing for the Fred Hollows Foundation and for the teenagers of the world.
C-ya later
Chloe Jones
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