- Mark Blewitt – long distance swimmer
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.
Photo taken by Ruth Corney.