It was hoped that I’d have my new website up and running by now, but alas it’s nowhere to be seen. It’s been mentioned to me that “The Penny Palfrey Project & Cuba2012” should have its own independent blog and that I should continue to use palfreymarathonswims website for our general swimming and travel blogging. [...]

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When training as hard as I do, and I’ve never swum such great distances as I have training for Cuba2012 it’s very important to look after the basics to stay in good shape and keep the body moving. Two very important aspects of training are not always the training itself but also recovery and athlete [...]

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Upon our return to Townsville after our trip Easter trip between Adelaide and Melbourne it was my priority to book my flight to Coolangatta and Tweed Heads before my Cuba – Florida swim to visit my son and his family including my two very special grandchildren, Toby 3 and his new 7 week old baby [...]

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