This year’s CHALLENGE 2021
This year’s swim challenge is even bigger than last years… swimming solo around the Isle of Wight! To make it even more challenging Oly will be attempting to set a World Record time of sub 26hrs. This swim has only been completed 4 times previously.
The swim starts and finishes in the vicinity of Seaview and is
65 miles long. So far we have an exciting team coming together wit with Scott Dawson, who successfully completed the swim in 2016 (in around 26hrs) and world record holding sailor Brian Thompson! The pair worked together on the 2016 swim and have invaluable knowledge on the tides around the island.
Olys training plan has been written out by Marc Newman, a highly respected and multiple record holding open water swimmer. The intense training programme will see training swims as long as 12
hours and up to 6 days a week. Oly will also have perfomance nutrition expert David Starr PhD(c) CSCS
CISSN from EatDrinkWin.co.uk working closely to ensure he is fully fuelled up for this ultra swim.
Isle of White Swim 2021#swimIOWplasticfight
Oly Rush Completes Isle of Wight Circumnavigation Swim
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Oliver ‘Oly’ Rush completed a 96.6 km circumnavigation charity swim around the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England on August 22nd – 23rd in 15 hours 9 minutes, smashing the current wetsuit record held by Scott Dawson by over 10 hours. “My motivation is a shared love for the ocean and a passion to protect it from our convenient plastic-wrapped lifestyle. Plastic pollution is huge issue and we all need to take responsibility ...
Read More: https://www.openwaterswimming.com/oly-rush-completes-isle-of-wight-circumnavigation-swim/
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WORLD RECORD BROKEN (SMASHED)
A little under a week ago Oly Rush aka _projectplanet_ completed his quest of swimming around the Isle of Wight with the aim to break the record whilst raising money and awareness about plastic pollution in our oceans.
Oly said “Sub-26 hours is what I am aiming for, but it would be nice to do it in under 24. Who knows – the ocean is going to decide.
Oly smashed that record by over 10 hours by completing the swim in 15 hours and 9 minutes.
With his wingman top.down.kayak.challenge beside him on a kayak, awesome nav work by brianthompsonsailing and previous record holder Scott Dawson around, it proved to make the perfect team as well as drsophiebostock (also kayak) turnthetidecornwall bigoceansmallboat kgeorgebailey (media) and myself doing what we could on the Rib and yacht plus a few more too.
This write up does not justify what he did or my emotions about this achievement. Well done mate 👏
You can still donate to the cause on his bio.
Thank you portland_marina we had an amazing time! sarah_beach_life loved the sailing! Great to see _projectplanet_ and cleanjurassiccoast beachbuddy10 after the crazy early hours of Tuesday morning! Honestly what an amazing group of positive outdoor loving people! So proud to call you all friends!! Can’t wait to catch up soon! #swimiowplasticfight
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I really can’t get across how totally amazing the last few days have been. An absolute privilege to have such an incredible crew out on the water. Not to mention the support at the start and finish! Scott Dawson @scottdawsonswim I am so very glad I was mad enough to think it was possible, and you and Brian @brianthompsonsailing were willing to put such a huge effort in to give me a shot at it. The professionalism from you both was clear from the start and i am forever grateful. The team out on the water were out of this world, you made me smile the whole way round and I just want to do it all over again! The fundraiser is flying and I want to thank you all for your generosity. (Search ‘plasticfight’ on justgiving to donate) There are so many caring, compassionate people out there and you’ve made this more successful than I could have ever dreamed. We have (to be confirmed by Guinness) set a new world record time and hopefully planted a good few seeds of change along the way🙏 @cleanjurassiccoast @drsophiebostock @beach_clean_dorset @craigpdooley @turnthetidecornwall @bigoceansmallboat @elizabethmills7894 @beachbuddy10 @kgeorgebailey @leecooperphotography @sports_utility_cardigan @tesscox1502 @lordgreenofstur @gillgreen2121 Dad, Spod, Will, Anna, Tim and sooooo many more thank you so bloody much! Where shall we swim around next?! Huge thanks to @reversenaturecbd @decathlonuk 🤙 #swimiowplasticfight #ultraswim #marathonswimmer #veganswimmer #plantpower #plantpowered #veganultraswimmer #microplastics #nurdles #iow #reducereuserecycle #mindfulness #conciousness #conciousliving #endperiodplastic #isleofwightswimming #saveourseas #oceanadvocate #oceanwarrior #beachclean #plasticsea #plasticseas #_projectplanet_ #protecttheocean #noplanetb #vegan #plantbased #sustainablerevolution #wavesofchange
Meet Daisy. Our home for a couple of days while we raced round the coast of the Isle of Wight, shouting support for Oly and Roy _projectplanet_ , cleanjurassiccoast . Oly smashed the World Record for the 65mile non-stop swim. Check out their posts for the action stuff. Daisy came from simonwickinscampers and the last photo is his. Hopefully nobody will notice me kicking the bin in the first video. We had a quick litter pick of the viewpoint, then lunch and a rest overlooking Sandown and Shanklin where Oly had passed 12 hours earlier. #swimiowplasticfight #vanlife #vanlifeuk #quirkycampers #thegreatoutdoors #coastal #TheCoastWithTheMost #landscape_captures #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #instasky #landscape #natureperfection #lovewhereyoulive #beautyofnature #takeyourlitterhome
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_projectplanet_ made it on to Skynews - woohoo! It just keeps getting better and better. 🤩 Well done Oly, seeing the word spread about your amazing achievement makes us so happy at Warrior! In case you were wondering, around 3.7 million people would have tuned in and watched you 😏🙌
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Some more great coverage from hampshirelive.news of the all-round super human _projectplanet_ 💪 AND he’s already managed to raise over £8000 which will go directly to anti-pollution charities! There is still time to support Oly by heading to _projectplanet_and you'll see his JustGiving page linked in the bio 🔗
#swimiowplasticfight #ecowarrior #noplastic #saveouroceans
We can’t get enough of _projectplanet_ 🤩 He managed to swim around the Isle of Wight in just over 15 hours, beating the existing record by 10 hours, 51 minutes. Absolutely smashed it 👊🏊♂️ thesun
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He really is a machine!
But I don't think _projectplanet_ will mind me pointing out the teamwork involved to set a new World Record.
Whilst Oly swam around the Isle of Wight solo, by that I mean he couldn't touch the kayaks or safety boats, and with a pace that was consistant the whole way around, he had one fabulous team around him.
Military precision tidal planning from brianthompsonsailing (a sailing record holder) and scottdawsonswim (who held the previous 26 hour record), kayak support from Alan, Will, Anna and the forever smiling drsophiebostock (who recently rowed around Britain). On the boats were beach_clean_dorset craigpdooley, Kester, Amandine and the infectious energy of Frosty, aka turnthetidecornwall
Land based support courtesy of tesscox1502, gillgreen2121 lordgreenofstur, Andy, Chris and dorset_yakman (thank you for my breakfast!).
I hope I haven't missed anybody there.
With yours truly paddling alongside, we experienced fast tides, big waves and near misses with rocks and buoys. Oly had a seal nibbling at his feet and, finishing under a full moon, he nailed the 90km swim in just 15 hours and 9 minutes.
An incredible feat that wouldn't have been possible with this team but it is one that has now been opened up to other athletes.
From a personal point of view, I've always wanted to circumnavigate the IOW, I just never expected to sit in my kayak for 15 hours non stop!
A lot of you know the connection that Oly and I have. This proved it even more so because we both ended up with wrist/arm injuries. (From the swimming and kayaking I hasten to add!)
Oly is fundraising for cleanjurassiccoast turnthetidecornwall and oceanstoearthcic - follow the link in his bio at _projectplanet_ to donate!
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He really is a machine!
But I don't think _projectplanet_ will mind me pointing out the teamwork involved to set a new World Record.
Whilst Oly swam around the Isle of Wight solo, by that I mean he couldn't touch the kayaks or safety boats, and with a pace that was consistant the whole way around, he had one fabulous team around him.
Military precision tidal planning from brianthompsonsailing (a sailing record holder) and scottdawsonswim (who held the previous 26 hour record), kayak support from Alan, Will, Anna and the forever smiling drsophiebostock (who recently rowed around Britain). On the boats were beach_clean_dorset craigpdooley, Kester, Amandine and the infectious energy of Frosty, aka turnthetidecornwall
Land based support courtesy of tesscox1502, gillgreen2121 lordgreenofstur, Andy, Chris and dorset_yakman (thank you for my breakfast!).
I hope I haven't missed anybody there.
With yours truly paddling alongside, we experienced fast tides, big waves and near misses with rocks and buoys. Oly had a seal nibbling at his feet and, finishing under a full moon, he nailed the 90km swim in just 15 hours and 9 minutes.
An incredible feat that wouldn't have been possible with this team but it is one that has now been opened up to other athletes.
From a personal point of view, I've always wanted to circumnavigate the IOW, I just never expected to sit in my kayak for 15 hours non stop!
A lot of you know the connection that Oly and I have. This proved it even more so because we both ended up with wrist/arm injuries. (From the swimming and kayaking I hasten to add!)
Oly is fundraising for cleanjurassiccoast turnthetidecornwall and oceanstoearthcic - follow the link in his bio at _projectplanet_ to donate!
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#isleofwight
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#PLB #oceansafety #oceansignal #nosleep #saveourseas #marineplastic #plasticpollution
OLY YOU MADE IT IN UNBELIEVABLE 15 h 9 Minutes!!!! 🤩😱😱
This is fucking awesome!
YOU make a difference in this polluted world 🌍
YOU put it out, what many people think: too much plastic in the ocean!🗑
YOU don’t stop to go for a better world. 🌍
I’m blown away from this record and your strength! 🔋
Go further an believe that more people act and think like you. 🙋♀️🙋🙋♂️👶👯
We nee definitely more OLY’s in this world. ♻️💚🚮🌍
Thank you for this amazing swim 🏊♂️
Also a big thank you to turnthetidecornwall for let us taking part of this amazing swim. 🙏🏻 and of course for pushing Oly to this record.
Please support Olys project in his bio!
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WOW!!! Oly _projectplanet_ Rush utterly and completely SMASHED it!!
In case you haven't heard the news, Oly completed the 65 miles round IOW swim just after 2am this morning at a time of 15 hours and 9 minutes.
He beat the previous record by almost 11 hours 🤯 Extraordinary. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Oly was relentlessly positive - smiling, munching bananas and the all important vegan powerballs every 45 minutes, and checking in with the team to make sure we were OK!
Oly was keen to emphasise a team effort, but we all knew who put in the most monumental effort - not just yesterday, obviously, but for the months of training leading up to this. 🏊🏊🏊🏊🏊
Oly has put SO much work into this World Record - you can sponsor via JustGiving PlasticFight to support his campaign to reduce plastic pollution.
It was a huge privilege for me to do some paddling with Oly - especially those last few hours in the dark against the tide past Bembridge...wowzers he had to fight!! 🥵💪💪💪
Roy top.down.kayak.challenge was with Oly every stroke of the way 🤩 - absolute legend! I got to swap in and out of the kayak and support rib which meant the best of all possible worlds since I got to do some epic paddling round half of the IOW, AND hang out with tidal mastermind brianthompsonsailing and previous record holder Scott Dawson ☺️ - absolutely no chance of falling asleep with these guys in charge 🙂
Everyone had a role to play and it was brilliant to spend time with Spod, Will & Anna, Craig, Duncan, Amandine bigoceansmallboat Frosty turnthetidecornwall Kester and Tess.. kindred spirits, with the goal of helping Oly smash his goal ☺️
Thanks so much to Lee Cooper Photography for drone footage and snaps 🎥📸
Congrats Oly - just amazing🏊🍌 🙏☺️😍🤯💪
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#PortlandWeek2021 day 2...
Introducing new sailors to the water with andrewsimpsoncentres, SUP tasters with adventure_4_all & day 2 of the _projectplanet_ swimathon supporting his EPIC record breaking swim around the Isle of Wight #swimiowplasticfight. Some brilliant swimming from local ladies giving swimthebigblue2 a bit of competition 🤣🏊 HUGE thanks to top.down.kayak.challenge
for getting back into his kayak to cover swim safety this evening having just paddled 15 hours with Oly 😲 #boatfolkhero
Tomorrow's fun has more tasters, 🏊♀️-athon sessions, meet a 🧜♀️ & in the evening, a talk with environmental experts at our #CoastlineDeadline in the marquee.
See the event website - www.portland-week.co.uk - for times & booking links!
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Another great bit of coverage from iwightradio of _projectplanet_ 's triumphant swim around the Isle of Wight. 🏊👏 Oly put himself through months of relentless training, fueled by his passion for the environment and the fight against plastic pollution. He has received great support from the public and media outlets so far and has already raised over £5,000 for anti-pollution charities. If you'd like to support him, head to _projectplanet_ and you'll see his JustGiving page linked in the bio 🔗
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This guy!!! What a amazing time had on the #isleofwight #swimiowplasticfight An inspiration, a hero, a legend among legends!! Oly _projectplanet_ we are so happy for you, what I witnessed was truly awesome and quite frankly unbelievable!! 😱🏊♂️ 11 hours taken off the previous record set in 1984. An absolute honour to be a part of his team, I loved watching every single minute of it, even in the dark. Thanks to everyone for the messages of support yesterday 💚 And a huge amount of thanks to the rest of the support team 💪🏽 #oceanhero #swim #saveouroceans #wildswimuk #seaswimming #lovewhatyoudo #openwaterswimming #inspireothersbybeingyou 🍾🍾🍾👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Not only did he do it, he absolutely smashed it! _projectplanet_ completed his 65-mile swim around the Isle of Wight last night in a record breaking time of just over 15 hours 🙌 🏊The money he has raised (and still is raising!) will go to local anti-pollution charities, so if you'd like to donate, search ‘plasticfight’ on the JustGiving website. Fantastic job Oly, we are all so proud of you here at Warrior ☺️👏
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15 hours and 9 minutes to swim 48 mile! Only blown the bloody doors off the record. Here are some of Oly’s awesome #swimiowplasticfight team dropped off in Hamble this morning… me, Sophy, Scott, Alan, Craig and Kester…
We are extremely proud sponsors of Olly _projectplanet_ Isle of Wight Swim 2021!!
Yesterday he swam solo around the Island to raise essential funding to help clean up our oceans.
Well done mate!!
To donate please search ‘plasticfight’ I’m Just Giving or drop your donations off in store
#swimiowplasticfight www.projectplanet.earth
_projectplanet_ Oly Rush smashed his swim around the Isle of Wight yesterday to raise awareness for the plastic pollution in our oceans! He swam 105 km or 65 miles in 15 hours and 9 minutes 😳 Oly was swimming fast much mucho mucher 😉 faster then the estimated 26 hrs … so now I 🐶 have a crush on Oly, this planet lover giant of a man. Sorry Tess, but it’s true. You are going to marry 💍 Oly, but he is forever in my heart and ‘proof’ is this picture of us 🐶🧡 we look so well together 🥰
If you haven’t search Oly’s page and donate to the good cause of keeping our planet 🌎 healthy 💚
And big thank you’s to the crew that kept Oly safe and swimming 🛶🛶🛶 ⛵️
#swimiowplasticfight
Link in _projectplanet_ bio.
Now we are taking the limelight for our own trash adventures 😜 we found lots of trash this week and reported the grassrug… 🗑 ♻️ recycled on our way and got some glass of the street, actually two broken bottles…
Crazy sight for us seeing all the litter on the grass… we only see one item at a time…
pickup1million -5- plastic bottles
just1bag2020 -1- bag all together
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