Less than sensible?

So, I might have done something a little less than sensible this week. I've been trying to make Friday night swimming night, in a vague attempt to get some modicum of fitness back. I say get it back but it's been gone for a considerable length of time, so really, it's a brand new bit of fitness that I'm seeking. Anyway, while I was at my local pool, I saw a banner advertising the aspire channel swim. The aim of the game is to swim the equivalent distance of the channel in your local pool over a twelve week period. Now, this is good for two reasons:

• One - By telling people I'm doing this, and getting them to sponsor me (hopefully!) it means that I have to do it, increasing my swimming attendance threefold, and

• Two - Aspire get much needed funds to provide support for people with spinal cord injuries.

I think that this is a win-win situation, hopefully other people agree with me!


Now, the not so sensible part of this is that I must now swim 120 lengths of the pool every week for twelve weeks - my current distance is more like 30 lengths a week. Eeek!


So, should you think that I might actually manage this, (ha ha), would you fancy spending a pound or two to both help the folks at Aspire with their good deeds, and to spur me on to actually doing some exercise? If you would, I'll be carrying around a traditional sponsor form, or alternatively, I'll be setting up an online sponsor form at http://www.justgiving.com/julieratcliff
(which isn't entirely set up yet, but please don't give up that easily!)