{"id":14529,"date":"2022-05-25T17:07:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T15:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/?p=102618"},"modified":"2022-05-25T17:27:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T15:27:27","slug":"prof-greg-whyte-announces-new-solo-swim-challenge","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/rss_feed\/prof-greg-whyte-announces-new-solo-swim-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Greg Whyte announces new solo swim challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Helen Webster\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 25 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Professor Greg Whyte has today announced his latest solo challenge. Starting on 11 July, Whyte will attempt to swim the 135 miles of the Upper Thames in a time of just four days.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The swim will be to raise awareness of drowning prevention and the importance of water safety in a link to his work with the RLSS and RNLI, but will also be a world record attempt.<\/p>\n

Here at 220 Triathlon,<\/em> we\u2019re proud to partner with Whyte on the challenge and will be covering his training and the challenge as they unfold \u2013 plus keep watching for some exciting news about how you can have the opportunity to swim with him, too, to pick up some open-water skills yourself!<\/p>\n

The challenge was launched in this video today<\/a><\/strong>, where Greg is shown training in much warmer water than he will experience in the Thames:<\/p>\n

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