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I am a complete legend!!!
I have now completed two 2.5km ocean swims in 2 weeks and am loving it! I got injured in the first swim and was VERY concerned about the second swim. Thanks to the awesome support and cheering on of the can-too team today and the wonderful life savers in particular Jenny, who swam with me back to shore and brought me in, I swam. veni -vidi-vici I swam across Maroubra bay AND back in just over an hour. Thank you so much to those who have supported me already I haven’t let you down and I pray that we together will save many lives from cancer through supporting ground breaking cancer research!I did it!!!
I swam my first swimming race the Coogee island race 2.4km. I felt a bit of an imposter asking for donations! Now I have done it! I couldn’t have done it without attending the can too training and feeling obliged to finish this swim! I was thinking of the people who died in the Bondi Junction stabbing yesterday! I swam for them and took this in as much as I could without getting out of my rhythm thinking they have been robbed off the chance to ever see the headlands from this ocean side. Please pray for the survivors and their families and the families of this who have died having “just gone to the shops”. How awesome to be able to swim like this !I am loving cold showers!
I started off with 30seconds long cold showers at the end of a long warm shower about 1/2 year ago. I now often shower purely cold! It has helped me to be able to just jump in the ocean or pool without even flinching! I feel this is what I am learning- you make one seemingly little change and suddenly there are new opportunities in life! I held a snake 2years ago and from there I told myself if I can do that I can conquer anything or at least try. Feel the fear and do it anyway. When i feel the fear or am exhausted swimming 20 or more laps in the pool due training I think of the kids with cancer I have worked with. The big bandage turban on a teenage boy with a brain tumour, the little 3 year old girl, who died and the parents wrote the most beautiful eulogy, the boy from Finnland who’s parents set up a bench in the courtyard garden of Birmingham Children’s hospital in the UK and all the kids after bone transplants for leukaemia I have treated as a physio. If my little effort to swim 2.5km can help heal kids or even prevent the disease I will do anything to raise money for that. Please support me generously in this quest! I do the swimming and feeling the fear and doing it anyway in the ocean for you! I might even swim next to you next year if you consider joining. It is absolutely great and I can not recommend it enough!I am fund raising for cancer research
Dear all, I have decided to get into the pool and ocean again to be able to swim 2.5km in the ocean in 10 weeks time. To be able to do that I will train 2x a week at 6am in the morning and on Saturday morning as well. I would love you to donate to this important cause and encourage me to keep going when the going gets tough. I am sure I will want to stay in bed rather than get up and out at 5am. I am not looking forward to that. If you have someone in mind with cancer let me know and I will write their name on my can too swimming cap. Thank you for helping me to help! Thanks a million, Leona xxxI'm supporting cancer research and prevention with Can Too Foundation.
1 in 3 women and 1 in 2 men will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. This means that potentially someone we love may have to battle cancer, and that's a statistic that needs to change.
So I asked myself, "what can I do to help?" That's where the Can Too Foundation came in! Can Too provides professionally coached training programs for participants of any fitness level to run, swim and cycle their way to a healthier lifestyle and a cancer-free world.
In return, I am raising valuable funds that go towards innovation in the prevention, care, and control of cancer. Since 2005, Can Too Foundation has trained over 18,000 participants and raised over $25,000,000 to invest in over 200 one-year cancer research grants.
It would be fantastic if you could sponsor me, or even better join me in a program!
Thank you for your support!
Thank you to my Sponsors
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Anonymous
$150
Alison Feletto
So incredible! Wishing you all the best for your swim.
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Hillsong Business Connect
Awesome job! Very proud of you
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Julie Mckinlay
A fantastic achievement & great fundraising cause too! I'll donate more dollars if you swim all the way back to St. Albans 😁 xxxx (I miss you x)
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The Shoe Shop
Go Leona 👏🏻👏🏻 good luck, with thanks from Margery
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Irenka
Good luck, wonderful woman!
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Alison Long
Great job Leona!
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Leona Pemberton
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Dave & Claire Pearce
Amazing stuff Leona, we so very proud of all that you are achieving, thoughts and prayers for the families of the Bondi Junction events
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Chantelle Adams
Congratulations!!
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Ruth
Proud of you my friend👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Meredith Porter
Love you Leona! So brave! Best of luck!! 🤞 xxx
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Angie Stevenson
Thank you Leona. Great to have you along for the swim!
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Helen Stanley
Thanks for the Gorgeous earrings.
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Carmen Avila
Leona you are amazing ! You’re putting yourself out there to bring goodness to those who need help. Love your commitment Bless you heaps Carmen xx
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Aksana
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Julia
Good luck, Leona, and thank you for my beautiful earrings 🥰
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Abi Pearce
Amazing achievement Leona & for a good cause - well done xxx
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Eliane Blay
Go for it Leona. So proud of you.
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Nicola
You are a special person 💕
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Annette
Great cause. Happy to support you 🤩🏆
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Annaliese
Good on you Leona. You are an inspiration. Good luck with the swim!
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Vanessa Arratia
Good luck Leona!!!
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
Thanks for the earrings
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Jude
Good on you Leona, you can do it!!
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Laura Altman
Great swimming with you Leona! Thanks for your support too <3
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Jill Farrar
Hi Leona, you are an inspiration! Also, love the earrings 😍 Jill x
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Laura Sattler
Thank you for my new amazing pair of earrings! And good luck for Sunday 🫶🏻
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Anonymous
Well done Leona you make a difference in everything you do X
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Susanne North
Leona - go strong! Your courage spirit is inspiring!
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Christine
Just keep swimming!
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Mel
Good luck Leona! You will rock it!!
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