Hey!

Greetings from San Francisco! As you may know i'm over here on a charity trip with a group of people from Dublin to raise money for the Special Olympics eastern region. To raise money for the charity we had to swim the Tiburon Mile. This is a 1 nautical mile swim in the open sea across San Francisco Tiburon bay... I DID IT!!!

It was extremely hard to finish but I managed to do it in 50.4mins! The water was freezing and full of jelly fish but it never bothered us...

Well done to all involved and thank you to everyone who supported me including, Vena, Special Olympics Eastern Region crew - Brenda and Liz and all the gang in 98!

I'm updating this blog from a computer in the hotel so I gotta run...

Talk soon, Dec

AH!!! 4 days to go now...

I just want to say a big thank you to Brenda and Liz from the Special Olympics Eastern Region office in Dublin. They have been a fantastic support to me over the past few weeks of training and build up to the swim in San Francisco on Sunday. Also fair play to Johnson & Johnson and Dublin's 98 for supporting this event...

This sunday I will be one of many swimmers from all over the world to try and swim the Tiburon Mile in San Francisco... All money raised by the Dublin swimmers will go to the Special Olympics Eastern Region. I'll be travelling over on Friday morning with my girlfriend and the other swimmers from Dublin... Should be fun at least!

Tune in to 98 @ Nite tonight at 9pm for more details and your chance to win the 98 Secret Sound!!! ;o)

Dec

...5 Days to go til my swim in San Francisco to raise money for the Special Olympics Eastern Region!

Training went well today - I did a full hour non stop swimming but got a massive cramp in my leg towards the end which scared the c**p out of me... what if that happens in the middle of the open sea!!?? AHH!!

Talk to you tomorrow

Dec

Hey

I've now only got 6 days until my swim in San Francisco for the Special Olympics Eastern Region... the training is going well but I'm still really nervous!

One of the sponsors of the charity trip, Johnson & Johnson, have given me a hamper to give away this week on 98 @ Nite - the Johnson & Johnson hamper is full of girlie goodies! Tune in this week to win it... All you have to do is request your favourite song - text your song to 53981 for 20cent or email me to declanpierce@dublins98.ie

Good luck!

Dec

Well I only have 10 more days to prepare for my charity swim for Special Olympics Eastern Region. I'll be trying to swim the Tiburon Mile in San Francisco on the 5th October!!! Sooooo worried about it still...

I was in the pool again today for an hour swimming but I'm worried my fitness is still way behind everyone else! After todays swim my arms were so tired that i found it sore to lift them up in the shower!! :(

I'll keep you posted on the progress tomorrow night again...

All the info you need on the charity and the swim is on www.specialolympics.ie and search for the Eastern Region section... log on and give them your support!

cheers,

Dec