The Challenge

Wouldn't it be great to be able to say "I swam the English Channel"?

Wouldn't it be even better to be able to say you did it all for charity?

Well, now you can!

ASPIRE, the national spinal cord injury charity, is inviting swimmers young and old from across the United Kingdom to take part in their annual ASPIRE Channel Swim.

This popular event will take place between Monday 17th September and Sunday 9th December 2007 - but before you start thinking "the Channel will be freezing at that time of year", think again!

You can clock up the equivalent distance of the Channel (22 miles) in the warmth and comfort of any swimming pool and you don't even have to do it all yourself - you can do it as a team, school or club.

Swimming is one of the safest and most effective forms of exercise:

Excellent calorie and fat burner
Minimal stress to the joints
Builds stamina