Downstream

Thames as far as Putney. But
then she had three children
and rowing is ‘a massive time
commitment’. However, she
managed to complete some
triathlons that included
swimming in an indoor pool,
and then one day she saw an
advertisement for a triathlon
that involved an open-water
swim. ‘My big block was
open water, but I felt like a
bit of a fraud doing it in a
pool.’ Esther lives near