Swim A Mile With A Smile :)

On Wednesday out year participated in Ian Daly Swim A Mile With A Smile 2015 in the National Aquatic Centre. We were raising money for the Ian Daly foundation who help children and the families of children with cancer. It was set up in honour of a little boy, Ian Daly died at age 11 of a brain tumour. We all got sponsor cards and collected as much money as we could for the cause. You can read more about it here: http://swimamile.webnode.com/ 

When we got to the National Aquatic Centre we split up into groups of swimmers and lane counters, I was originally going to be in a group of 8 but we decided it would be a better sense of achievement if we were in a group of 4. I was in a group with Emily, Kathleen and Molly, at first it was hard because I hadn't swam in ages but once I got into it, it got easier. We had to swim 16 lengths of the 25 metre pool each to make a mile but after we finished we decided to swim it again because we still had energy.

After everyone had finished their mile, we all got t-shirts and took a picture, then we went to Blanchard's town shopping centre and had a well deserved break. It was a great day and I would enjoy doing it again next year since it is for an important cause.