Meet Graham Hadfield: A Veteran Swimmer's New Challenge

By Karen Quartermain

September 4, 2021

Meet Graham Hadfield, a veteran in the world of pool swimming but a newbie to marathon open water swimming. His biggest swim a few hours pre this day. He did attempt a Solo Windermere over 35 years ago and got out after an hour ... so today he had a reason to be nervous.

We started the swim at Ambleside due to the wind direction as Graham had initially had his sights on a sub 5 hour swim. However a recent injury meant Graham was focusing more on actually finishing it.

It soon became clear that he was definitely game on for a sub 5 and we started to let him know it was doable by the skin of his teeth. We shouted and shouted and he put 110% effort in....

Completing in 4 hours and 57 minutes. One super happy swimmer...

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