In aid of the Royal National Life Boat Institution a mum of two is training hard for the mammoth task that is swimming the English Channel next month.
The 35-year-old, Chantal Carr from Edmonton has given up work to carry out the intensive training regime to set her up for the tough 21-mile swim through one of the busiest shipping lanes from Dover to Cap Gris-Nex near Calais
“Swimming the Channel is something I have been considering for a few years now. Researching it I found out that it’s roughly 80% mental and 20% physical,” said Carr.
“Previously I hadn’t quite felt ready, but I felt at my fittest in 2008 and I thought the time was right to give it a go. The pilot that guides you across has to be booked two years in advance.”
The mum of two has been in the cold waters of Dover harbour training every weekend. She gave up her assistant managers job in Wood Green at Mothercare so that she could give her training the dedication it needed.
‘When you take on such a challenge as this one you have to make it a full time occupation to train,’ Chantal said.
‘You only have one chance to do it,’ she added.
As well as spending her weekends down at Dover harbour, Chantal trains two or three times a week at her local swimming pool.
The aim of the swim is to raise awareness of the RNLI and the work that they do. She will be giving talks at schools and other organisations.
Carr added: ‘I don’t think that people realise the RNLI is just a charity run by volunteers. Swimming the English Channel is a good way to raise money for the charity – it’s really different.”
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