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Vicky Payne

Jul 27, 2026

3:12
[laughs]
3:12
... "I need to sort my life out now." Um, and obviously being a swimmer previously, I thought, "Right.
3:17
I'll get back in the pool." I joined Gloucester Masters.
3:20
I started swimming three times a week with them.
3:23
Did that for a few years and then, um, I was listening to one of your podcasts, and Eoin Hume was on there and I thought, "Oh, this is a great opportunity to have a coach like that." And that was 18 months ago, and since then I've just been going full steam ahead with my training and loving it.

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29:00
What's, what's your thoughts on that, Vicki?
29:02
Yeah, I mean, it is, it is a cost for people, isn't it? That, you know, they might not have to normally pay out the entries again.
29:10
By the time you've paid your registration fee and entered, it c- it can be quite expensive and it definitely put me off entering just like throwaway events if I had a day free.

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