Swimming 50 hours in September

Thanks for taking the time to visit my fundraising page.

I have set myself a challenge to swim outdoors for 50 hours throughout the month of September.

I will keep track of how many minutes/hours I swim each day and record everything here on this page and also on my Instagram 'swim diary' (@yorkwildswimmer).

I've chosen 50 hours as I think this will be a big challenge and will require me to swim daily and in most cases twice per day. I have been swimming outdoors regularly for the past few years, but to put this challenge into context, I usually try and swim 2 - 3 times a week for about 45 minutes each time, and do less than this in Winter. (So only about 9 hours a month at most.)

The temperature will play a big part as if it’s particularly cold it limits the amount of time I can spend in the water in one session.

Although there are so many excellent causes to raise money for, on this occasion I have chosen to raise money for Dementia Forward. As most of us know, dementia is an incredibly cruel disease which has a devastating impact on the families affected.

Dementia Forward is the leading dementia charity for York and North Yorkshire. They provide support, advice and information to anybody affected by dementia across the county.

Anything I can do to help Dementia Forward raise vital funds and improve care and support for families facing dementia will be really worthwhile.

If you're in a position to donate even a small amount then I'd be extremely grateful.

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Swimming updates! (I post pictures and a bit more info on the Instagram page @yorkwildswimmer)

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Date: 1st September 
Swimming done today: 1 hour 35 minutes 
Running total: 1 hour 35 minutes 
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Date: 2nd September
Swimming done today: 1 hour 20 minutes
Running total: 2 hours 55 minutes
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Date: 3rd September
Swimming done today: 1 hour 10 minutes
Running total: 4 hours 5 minutes
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Date: 4th September
Swimming done today: 1 hour 25 minutes
Running total: 5 hours 30 minutes
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Date: 5th September
Swimming done today: 2 hours (over 2 swims)
Running total: 7 hours 30 minutes
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Date: 6th September
Swimming done today: 1 hour 30 minutes
Running total: 9 hours
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Date: 8th September
Swimming done today: 3 hours (over 2 swims)
Running total: 12 hours  
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Date: 9th  September
Swimming done today: 3 hours (over 2 swims)
Running total: 15 hours
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Date: 11th  September
Swimming done today: 1 hour 30 minutes 
Running total: 16 hours 30 minutes 
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Date: 12th  September
Swimming done today: 1 hour 15 minutes 
Running total: 17 hours 45 minutes 
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Date: 13th  September
Swimming done today: 1 hour 30 minutes
Running total: 19 hours 15 minutes  
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Date: 14th  September
Swimming done today: 1 hour 45 minutes
Running total: 21 hours  
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Date: 15th September
Swimming done today: 2 hours
Running total: 23 hours  
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Date: 16th September
Swimming done today: 2 hours
Running total: 25 hours  
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Date: 17th September
Swimming done today: 4 hours (over several swims)
Running total: 29 hours  
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Date: 18th September
Swimming done today: 1 hour 30 minutes
Running total: 30 hours 30 minutes 
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Date: 19th September
Swimming done today: 1 hour
Running total: 31 hours 30 minutes 
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Date: 21st September
Swimming done today: 1 hour 30 minutes
Running total: 33 hours  
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Date: 22nd September
Swimming done today: 1 hour
Running total: 34 hours  
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Date: 23rd September
Swimming done today: 1 hour 30 minutes 
Running total: 35 hours 30 minutes 
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Date: 24th September
Swimming done today: 1 hour 30 minutes 
Running total: 37 hours  
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Date: 25th September
Swimming done today: 1 hour 30 minutes 
Running total: 38 hours 30 minutes
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Date: 26th September
Swimming done today: 1 hour 30 minutes 
Running total: 40 hours
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Date: 27th September
Swimming done today: 1 hour 15 minutes 
Running total: 41 hours 15 minutes 
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Date: 28th September
Swimming done today: 1 hour 15 minutes 
Running total: 42 hours 30 minutes  
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Date: 29th September
Swimming done today: 5 hours (over several swims, including some swims in between going in the sauna)  
Running total: 47 hours 30 minutes  
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Date: 30th September
Swimming done today: 2 hours 30 minutes (over 2 swims) 
Running total: 50 hours!!  
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