INSIDE LANCASHIRE SPORT

Update on the Charity swim for Christies cancer care:
Over £1,300 already raised!

If you would like any more information on the swim, you may contact me at: Christies@markblewitt.co.uk. Thank you.

STOP PRESS ... Thursday 10th pm - Just one day to go to the big event - Come on let's try and hit a grand before the big day. I will start at 4pm on Saturday from Ardlui. Listen to BBC Radio Lancs on Suday morning for an update and Monday 7.30am for my post race interview - 95.5FM or listen online at bbc.co.uk/lancashire and follow the radio links.

STOP PRESS 2 ... Should be on Granada TV Granada Reports Friday 11th. Watch out!

Thank you for all your support

Mark

I started swimming about ten years ago just to keep fit. I joined Howe Bridge Marlins Long Distance Swimming Club and swam my first outdoor race at the Humberside Festival of Swimming, a two-mile race in Grimsby docks.

I tackled longer and longer swims and in 1998 I swam Lake Windermere, England's longest lake, finishing 4th in the BLDSA championship.

In 1999 I completed the Round Manhattan Island Race - the longest annual swimming race in the world. Read more about this swim and an account of my race here.

In 2001 I swam two lengths of Lake Windermere in the BLDSA Championships. Read more about this swim here.

In 2002 I successfully swam the English Channel with the Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation. Read more about this swim here.

Swimography of my big swims:

October 2007 Gibraltar Strait
2005 BLDSA Two way Windermere 21 miles
2004 BLDSA Loch Lomond 22 miles - breaststroke record
2003 BLDSA Two way Windermere 21 miles - breaststroke record
2002 English Channel (CS&PF)
2001 BLDSA Two way Windermere 21 miles
1999 Round Manhattan Island