The swim around the historic Busselton jetty is satisfying, frustrating, tiring and enjoyable all at once. It is a great achievement for any swimmer and a brilliant gauge of your …
Event Day Do’s
The Margaret River Ocean Swim is just a few sleeps away as I write this, and I still recall my very first ocean swim event in 1998 with so many …
November CSS
Well for those of you lucky enough to turn up to a session last week you would have had your CSS results tested. That’s short for Critical Swim Speed. If …
Goldilocks and the 3 Swimmers.
It all started on international porridge day – have you head of such a thing? It got me thinking about how complex and nuanced swimming can be, having to try …
Swim like a Potato?
Bad swims, in the ocean, pool, training or at an event can be a real pain in the pull-buoys! You know how it goes…. I went training and just couldn’t …
How do you feel?
When you first jump in the water do you instantly relax or regardless of how long you have been swimming for, do you take a while to get going and …
CSS Results June 2019
CSS June 19 The above link is the CSS results for the last 2 weeks. Rish or I can analyse it for you but remember your CSS pace as your …
What are you afraid of?
About 3 times a year we take one week to undertake some testing – as in we time everyone that swims that week over 400m and 200m. Maritia and I …
Reflect to build
It’s the end of summer. Did you enter an ocean swim or watch others have a go and think, “I’d like to do that next year?” Did you swim often …
Facing fears after 21 years.
It was 1998. I was a backpacker from England on a working holiday visa who, through some fortunate connections was staying in the old Lifeguard tower at South Maroubra Surf …