Whats Coming Up - Proposed Schedule

Ongoing pool training plus long open water swims in either river, lake or ocean - December onwards.

2008/09 Open Water Swims Calendar:

Link - http://www.mastersswimmingwa.asn.au/ Various swim events (approx. 32 in total) held between November '08 to April '09 - available from distances of 400 metres - 20 kilometres. My intention is to register for most swim distances over 3km.

Rottnest Channel Swim:

21 February 2009. Distance - 19.2 km. This event is organised by the Rottnest Channel Swim Association Inc. It is not just about swimming but about good, solid preparation - training and feeding plan.

I have registered to swim solo. This will be my eighth solo crossing, my last completed swim being five years ago! Hmmm.

Freo to Rotto Big Splash:

21 March 2009. This 20km swim event commences from Leighton Beach to Rottnest Island. This is a fun and friendly charity event and is made up of a number of different categories, catering for various fitness levels or degrees of participation. This will be my first participation, hoping to swim solo.

English Channel:

13-18 August 2009. My chosen tidal date for second attempt.

Channel Swimming Ongoing Training

Re-commenced training log 8th September '08. Recording daily and weekly kilometres completed in pool/open water. You may scroll down to the end of blog to view my total weekly kilometers.

For repetition training to help mainly with speed, stamina and strength, my proposed training schedule is:

Mon/Tues/Thur/Fri: Pool training (25m pool) - Churchlands SHS with Coach, Pauline Pratt and Barracuda's Swimming Club members. To round off the days swimming activities, a light weight gym session is done two times a week for overall strength. Pool users are very lucky to have a small gym with adequate equipment right on the pool premises. Tuesday evenings if my energy levels are still up!, I hope to fit in a session with my Masters group - Bold Park Power Masters Swimming Club. This is still waiting to happen.

Wed: Pool training (50m pool) - Challenge Stadium with Peter Tanham - Rottnest Channel Swim Group. I enjoy swimming in this 50m pool and have trained with this group of wonderful talented swimmers for the past 15 years. The group is mainly made up of swimmers training for solo, duo or teams (of 4) to participate in the Rottnest Channel Swim event.

Sat: Pool (am) - Churchlands SHS (longer sessions). Open water distance swims (pm) - River, lake or ocean, to commence in December/January.

Sun: Ocean swim - Sorrento/Mullaloo/Scarborough Beach.

Training is done six days a week only. I will have one day off with absolutely no exercise to give the mind and body recovery time, this is a must and so important. Its a day to really look forward to - "to do the things I love to do"! My body will tell me when to have this 'special' rest day.

Training at Churchlands SHS

Is it time for a 'granny power nap' yet??

Just keep swimming - A breathtaking experience