Imagine doing just five months of training and breaking 50 seconds for the 100m freestyle? That’s exactly what Arran Francis did and he’s now one of the most exciting new faces on the masters swimming scene. Helen Gorman tracked him down to find out more. Arran talks through why joining Trafford Swimming Club was the best decision he’s made this year and what he hopes to achieve from here. He’s also a high achiever in the business world, managing three YouTube channels and commentating daily ...
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Imagine doing just five months of training and breaking 50 seconds for the 100m freestyle? That’s exactly what Arran Francis did and he’s now one of the most exciting new faces on the masters swimming scene. Helen Gorman tracked him down to find out more. Arran talks through why joining Trafford Swimming Club was the best decision he’s made this year and what he hopes to achieve from here. He’s also a high achiever in the business world, managing three YouTube channels and commentating daily ...
#159: From Windermere Record Breaking to River Breakthroughs
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1 month ago
#159: From Windermere Record Breaking to River Breakthroughs
George Taplin joins the Masters Swimming Podcast to discuss his record-breaking end-to-end swim in Lake Windermere. George has a unique perspective on ecology and cleaning up our waterways given his full-time employment in the water industry. George grew up training with Olympic champion, Tom Dean in Maidenhead and now lives, trains and works full time in Leeds. He swam Windermere’s 10.5miles at an average pace of 1:09 per 100m to break the record for swimming the length of England’s lo...
Freestyle Media
Imagine doing just five months of training and breaking 50 seconds for the 100m freestyle? That’s exactly what Arran Francis did and he’s now one of the most exciting new faces on the masters swimming scene. Helen Gorman tracked him down to find out more. Arran talks through why joining Trafford Swimming Club was the best decision he’s made this year and what he hopes to achieve from here. He’s also a high achiever in the business world, managing three YouTube channels and commentating daily ...
