BY STACEY MCGOWAN HOLLOWAY
When Stacey McGowan Holloway’s husband Max was chosen to be Lewis’s training partner in the Outer Hebrides, she had no idea where their quest to find cold water would take them.
“Since Max got the call that he would be Lewis’s training partner he has swam every day in the 7 degree waters off our home town in Oban – even on Christmas Day. To my utter shock Max began to shed body fat faster than I could sneak cream into his morning coffee.
Two days before we sail to the Isle of Lewis Max gets a text: ‘can you bring dumbbells?’ The next day: ‘can you bring an axe?’ I have visions of some Rocky Balboa inspired montage of Lewis and Max felling trees and carrying the cabers as they run over fells before diving into the sea… followed by a weight-lifting session. We are going to need a lot more full fat cream!”
To read more go to Stacey’s blog here.
