INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Let’s celebrate the heroines of our outdoor swimming nation, says Pete Kelly
I’ve just had a phone conversation with an amazing woman. I don’t know Betty beyond the brief conversation we’ve just had, yet I am astonished at her resilience and sangfroid in the face of her situation. Betty told me that she has cancer and had recently had a mastectomy and was training for her first open water swim (of two miles) in June. She is knocking out 90-minute pool sessions in preparation for her swim, despite her condition.