No amount of training, Tom Peters reflects, could have prepared him for jumping from a boat into the English Channel at 3am on an autumn morning.
Doing so marked the start of his part in a relay challenge across the water, that saw five people break through personal barriers, with the support of Paralympic swimming champion Alice Tai. Tom, 28, signed up to the ‘Channel More’ project two years after finding a passion for swimming. Back in 2018, he was diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome, a condition characterised by persistent, severe and debilitating pain.
I wanted to have something I could look back on, a time when I went above and beyond expectations, to reflect on when days get particularly hard. A reminder of look how stoic you were and how deep you dug.” Tom took part in the 21-mile challenge with four others after a five-month training and nutrition programme, supported by Alice, former Olympian Professor Greg Whyte, and the brand Optimum Nutrition. Still, “leading up, there was lots of nerves,” he says.
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