Friday, 28 April 2017

Where on earth is the time going?? Here we are a month later and getting closer every day to July 3rd and to say reality is hitting us is an understatement!!
Firstly thank you very much to Dan Mcgrath Media for the lovely write up he did for the local papers,  very nice job indeed. Also WLR are going to interview one of us on Friday (don't know how hard the other one tried to get an hour off)!!! Thanks for the publicity as it will all help our charity and indeed keep us motivated with all the support and encouragement we've been getting.
We are back out swimming in the sea and it's really great but still a little chilly. We can't get the big distances that we'd be hoping for but nothing we can do about that except wait for water temperature to rise a bit. Hopefully that won't be too much longer. It's lovely joining the regular group of swimmers that have been doing this longer than us and their words of wisdom and little tips are very helpful indeed thank you stilettos and friends! By the way, the thinking that jellyfish only like warmer water is a myth, don't ask!!!
We have our fundraising quiz night Friday 5th May in minnies and hopefully a fun night ahead! Also a fundraising waxing night (brave men) in micilin's Friday 13th may,  that's sure to be a laugh and we look forward to both events and thanks to everyone for their help organising both evenings.
Hopefully in the next update we will be telling you that we are doing one pool session a week with Natalie and one gym session with joey and the rest out in the lovely warm sea, well we can always hope! The sea temperature at the moment is about 8 degrees and it's going to need to get to 11 or 12 degrees for us to really get long swims in but until then at least one of the duo is getting a good laugh at the antics of the other trying to get into the nice refreshing sea, just hilarious!!!

9 weeks and 4 days is all but who's counting😱😱

As always thank you very much to everyone for their very generous donations towards our charity Breakthrough Cancer Research and a big thanks for all the encouragement and support you're given to us, it all helps immensely, until the next time, The jellyfish duo x

Saturday, 1 April 2017

Things are becoming very real and scary now as July 3rd is creeping up on us!! Just putting finishing touches on registration, medicals etc then booking transport to Dover!!! We will be handing out our sponsorship cards soon and don't mind asking for support as it's a worthy charity (as are all others) that we are collecting for. 100% raised going to breakthrough for their bowel cancer research program. Thanks again so much for donations received already. Big thanks to Jordan Daly social media management for lovely job he did with the cards.
We have secured a date with quizmaster Brendan o Brien and Minnies for Friday 5th May and we'd love if you could join us for an enjoyable night, reminder again nearer the date.
Training is going well and another new gyp program starts today so looking forward to that!! One of the duo hit the sea last Sunday, invigorating to say the least but really good to be out in the open water. Thanks Clare, Maura, Sylvia and Simon, most enjoyable and hopefully again this weekend weather permitting. The temperature still bit low to be out training full time in the sea but getting closer 😀
Whoever said you're never to old to learn is quite right!! One of the duo got a valuable swimming tip from Natalie on Wednesday and is putting it into practice with great results altogether!! Now the other one is put to the pin of her collar to keep up, thanks Natalie!!!