Dickson, 57, laps up Taupo challenge

Pam Dickson is the first to admit she is not a natural swimmer but once she gets into the water there is no stopping her.
Tomorrow, she hopes to be the oldest person to swim Lake Taupo. It has been two years in the planning but the 57-year-old can almost taste it.
Last year, she had to pull out because of a neck injury.
"I had [recently] swum the Cook Strait and probably needed a year off to recover. So it was probably that which contributed to my neck injury. But I'm back and fitter than ever."
Dickson said she has had a good build-up to tomorrow's swim and put it down to her coach Scott Donaldson.
"I'm not a natural swimmer. I've worked really hard with Scott and done the big [kilometres] in the water."
The long-distance training included a more than nine-hour swim in Lake Tarawera last week.
"It was a good swim I started at the Landing Cafe and swam to the other side and back. On the way back it was a little tough because I had a head wind but overall I was happy with it."
A former multiple Ironman triathlon competitor, Dickson said she never thinks about how far the swim is.
"I just get in the water and don't think of the end. I just swim and swim. Lake Taupo is well within my range. But it is a long way and cold water so it won't be easy."
If successful Dickson will be the oldest person to have completed the crossing. She currently holds the record for being the oldest person to cross the Cook Strait. She was 55.
Her coach said it should take Dickson between 13 to 14 hours to complete the swim.
"She is absolutely committed to the task. That's the main reason I train her ... If I ask her to do something she will go out and do it."