Sheffield swim society’s virtual race

Members of Sheffield Hallam University’s Swim Society have been taking part in a virtual race from Dover to Porec in Croatia in an effort to raise £26,000 towards personal protective equipment for carers.
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The challenge has seen 36 teams from 17 universities competing by walking and running as many miles as they can collectively in order to cover the distance to Porec, where they would have been on tour during Easter.

Joe Maye, society chairman, said: “We are all very competitive so lots of our swimmers were keen to join this race and raise money towards purchasing vital PPE.

“Even if we are having to acclimatise to exercising out of the water for this race, everybody has been pushing themselves.”