More about me..

I was born in Gateshead, Co. Durham, GB, August 6th, 1952.
I am 1.54m in height and weigh 67kg.
In January 2003 I started work as a Running Footwear and clothing
sales person at Northern Runner in Newcastle.

Because of  hormonal imbalance, I have to wear Swimwear that
covers the top half of my body, and I also tend to find using
Stereofins easier than a Monofin. This is because a Biomechanical
problem can pull me to the left if using a monofin.


More about my sports...
In terms of Sports, I do Running, and Classic-Swimming as well as
Finswimming.

My personal best for 5km Road-race is 0.23.22, set in 2001, and my
pb for 10km is 0.47.53 set in 2000.

I did my first British Finswimming meet at Edenbridge in Kent in
November 2002.

**Finswimming PERSONAL BESTS**
25m APNEA - 00:13.90" , Louisa Pool, Stanley. March 19th, 2005.

50m APNEA - 00:28.48" Manchester Aquatics centre, Manchester,
February 11th, 2007

MY OTHER SPORTS TRAINING: I am a member of Northern Wave
(LGB and T-G) Swim Club,Manchester with whom I do 50m
pool-training about once a month, usually working with Stereofins.
I am also a Member of Gateshead and Whickham ASC at Dunston
Pool, near Gateshead, and train with them on Thursday Evenings
or when I am in the area on a Sunday PM.

I also try to work-out at the Gym, once a week, especially in winter
when the weather isn't brilliant.

My personal bests in Finswimming Competitions :
25m Surface:  17.6"
50m surface (Stereofins):  0:31.66"   (Utrecht, (NL), Jan. 12th, 2008),
100m Surface (Stereofins):  01:12.26" (Utrecht, (NL), Jan.12th, 2008)

25m APNEA (in training) : 13.90" (Stanley,  Louisa Pool, March 19th,
2005 -see above).
Dynamic APNEA - distance: 50m - Manchester Aquatics Centre
Training Pool, January 15th, 2006.

On July  29th 2007 I dived 'Nemo 33', a 33m deep indoor diving pit
in Brussels.
Although I didn't get to the bottom of the pit - my furthest depth
was between 10 and 15m - I enjoyed the experience immensely,
and spent a very happy hour at the centre.

My Life Motto:
"Once in a Lifetime, you find the Power
To break-out and run from the Devil's deep clutch
All that You need for your Finest Hour
Is to believe in the Magic Touch"

John Lavender
November 27th, 2007
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About me- John Lavender, the
person who brought the sport of
Finswimming to the North-East of
England.

On the right is a photo by
Maksim Merkuri form LeaderFins -
taken poolside at the Leipzig Sprint
meet, November 2007, with the
LeaderFins StereoFins I used for
some of the events I swam in.

Happy? So I should be, having just
swum a Personal Best...!