Firstly, apologies for the Rex Harrison style headlines and apologies to Eliza Doolittle fans across the world...
Congratulations to Dani Lobo who survived all the Spanish part of the Mediterranean could throw at him as he completed a 23km swim on Saturday 22 June. Dani swam the "Medes - Formigues" described as the most spectacular passage on the Catalonian coast. Dani swam past famous Costa Brava sceneries including: the Formigues Islands, the Sant Sebastià lighthouse, Tamariu, la Punta del Mut, Aiguablava, Sa Tuna, Aiguafreda, El Cap de Begur, Pals beach and the Medes Islands. In Dani's words, "my arm held up ok. I took 2 painkillers. It was a tough swim, jellies, currents, wind etc, so happy I finished." Dani completed the swim in a total of 8h15m. This averaged to a speed of 21 and half minutes per kilometre. He said "the first 10K were smooth as silk, ten to 18 not so much. 18K horrible. Last 2K horrible again."
Job done and congratulations from all at Serps to Dani who experienced his longest marathon swim to date of 23kms.