Stephanie Matthews

Swim 8km in March 2026

My Activity Tracking

6
kms

My target 8 kms

Day 12

Smashed 40 lengths in 31 minutes - getting quicker ☺️ 

 1000m down ! 👊

Halfway!

Even with last weeks blip - 

I have Swam 4650m / 8000m -  well over half way!  3350m to go 👊

Week 2

So not the week I was expecting .. 

After reading the time table wrong on Monday, I then went and tripped & fell over and spent Tuesday afternoon at Kidderminster Minor Injuries - luckily no break or fracture just a nasty sprain.. 

I managed to get back into the pool on Saturday to swim 30 lengths ! 750m! And hoping for a better week this week 🤞

Day 9

So today, I read the pool timetable wrong, and only managed to swim for 20 minutes, rather than my usual 30!
Nevertheless, I swam, non stop, and swam 26 lengths - 650m 👊

Day 7

What a first week! I’ve Managed to go swimming 4 times this week 🥰 

Today I swam 36 lengths in 30 minutes. 

This week I’ve swam: 
130 lengths - 190 to go ! 
3250m - 4750m to go !

Day 5

Today, I picked up the pace and swam 34 lengths in 30 minutes ! 

Day 3

Swam another 750m today - 1.5K down, 6.5K to go!

Day 1

After so long, it felt good to get back into the water. 750m swam today! 7250 to go 👊

I’m swimming 8km in March for GOSH Charity! 

I’m challenging myself to swim 8km this March to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity).

Childhood is special. It should be a time of joy, wonder, curiosity and fun. Of making friends, making mistakes, and growing into the adults we become. But it’s also fragile, and sometimes all too brief.

That’s why Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity raises funds to help give seriously ill children childhoods that are fuller, funner and longer. For the children from all over the UK who are treated by Great Ormond Street Hospital every day, for children with rare or complex illnesses everywhere, for this generation and all those to come. Because no childhood should be lost to serious illness.

And with every kilometre I swim, and every pound raised, we’ll be helping to give seriously ill children the best chance and the best childhood possible.

Please help me to achieve my goal by giving whatever you can; no amount is too small to make a difference.

My Achievements

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First donation

£100 raised

£250 raised

£500 raised

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8km

Thank you to my Sponsors

£15

Karen Wood

This is great challenge Steph, best of luck from all of us!

£10

Kevin Wood

Well done Steph ❤️

£10

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