Swimming for fitness (part 3). Dive in!

Go tonight Fencing. You won't regret it.

I am unsure why I’m not going to the pool tonight...but I’m not.
Dawn swim sounds amazing!!

SkiMum99 that's reassuring that you did breast stroke for your triathlon. I'm failing can't be arsed at front crawl and I'm not planning on making a habit of big swims.

Corrigans it's a stunning place. Hopefully the swell won't be too bad.

Glitteryfrog the Great North Swim is very tempting. I'm not sure what DH would say given it's our wedding anniversary though

I'm already hoping that our local lido does a dawn swim for the summer solstice again. Last year felt very special.

Did my 1k today. "You've only got 1/2hr" they told me. Fine. That's what has worked well for me. 1hr door to door helps me reconcile the fact that it's much easier to go for a run. I do love my swimming.
Would love some lessons as I have the fitness but not the technique.

@SkiMum99 thanks :) I'm doing the Great North swim in Windermere.
I spent the summer swimming in a lake and the sea and loved it. I worked on the assumption that wearing a wet suit I wouldn't sink and I was never that far from the edge really.

Minne that swim looks great. I found it interesting watching the drone shots of the front runners and looking at their different stroke rates and styles.

I’m really missing my gym work as I don’t have enough time at the moment as i’m swimming 4 x week. My upper body and abs are looking good but my legs are a mess at the moment.

You can do it frog. Are you learning to do a triathlon? I taught myself front crawl 2yrs ago so I could do a Go-Tri. Then bottled it on the day & did breaststroke but I have now built up an OK FC but I’m still not fast. (I did two more Go-Tris doing FC ) My goal this year is to try get more confidence in open water swimming as I live near the sea.

My swimming lessons start next week.
I've got 6 weeks of front crawl lessons with British Triathlon. I am going to crack it this time. 🦈🐡🐠🐟

The pool was lovely and quiet when I went yesterday. I love those days.

Well done for starting RunningLondon. It's a great skill to have.

Did 1km in the pool today. It’s getting a bit easier and I’m enjoying it more :)

So I can’t really swim...but it’s on my list to sort that this year. but yesterday I did 10 (separate) lengths of whatever weird stroke you could call it. I’m so proud of myself. Desperate for the kids to go back to school now so I can go alone and try for more :)

Can anyone recommend a MP3 player to use whilst swimming?

Checking in!

I have set my 2019 goal to 1 swim a week. It used to be 2, but since I became a lone parent with full time care for my 9yo I no longer have any so much free time.

Running is my priority and it much easier to fit in, and I'm grateful that it's something I love, but I do really want to keep up with my swimming. It's good for my bones, muscles and head, AND having recently bought a bike apparent I HAVE to enter a triathlon this year.

Welcome newbies. I've learnt a lot from the more experienced swimmers here, and it's really fun to share our different experiences of pool etiquette (and rage!) and the interesting locations we get to swim in.

Both look like fabulous challenges I would really like to build my swimming confidence in the sea when out of my depth as I’m too scared to go far at the moment. I’m lucky to live close to the sea so I have no excuse to not getting practice in.

That looks stunning CorrigansDoorKnob. Here's mine www.letsdothis.com/e/swim-to-the-edge-solva-swim-32458

I swam 2.5km in the pool this week, so distance shouldn't be a problem. It's the other stuff . Thank goodness DS is back at school tomorrow so I can swim on my days off.

Welcome Gemme. This chat is for all levels and abilities, it’s great to have newcomers.

Minnie my recommendation would be intervals. I hardly ever swim my distances in one go in the pool. In the ocean it’s harder to do intervals, but you can do some fartlek work with 20 strokes fast, 20 recovery for example. A training programme would be useful so you can get an idea of how far to swim and how much to rest in between.

I’m training for a couple of big ocean swims in Feb. I’m doing this one, which is my favourite swim on the season, it’s so much fun. I’m really hoping I can swim just

🤣🤣🤣 a 4.9 🤣😂😂
Brilliant! I haven’t attempted a dive in ages, not sure how I’d do:)

Welcome Gemme!

I will attempt the first swim of the year tomorrow. I have been poorly, still got a chesty cough, but I hope I’ll be able to go :)

Welcome Gemmefatale all sorts on here swimming but thread has been quiet lately. I need to get back into 2x swims a week after slipping last few weeks running upto Xmas to once a week and I’m missing it. Not made any more progress on the butterfly but I did a first with my DDs a couple days ago and did two knee dives into the pool. I’ve never dived too scared so they were trying to teach me it was funny I felt rather self conscious but this guy swam past said I’ll give you a 4.9

Hi, I’m new but hoping to go back to regular swimming this year. Hope it’s ok for a newbie to join the chat?

Not been swimming for a while - a combination of the holidays and some minor illness. Still a bit under the weather so not sure whether I'll fit anything more in before New Year but just checked and I've swum just over 152 km in the 6 months I've had my fitbit.

Going to aim for 300 km in 2019

The aquathlon is a go-tri event with the level being 'take part'. I'm worrying about just how cold the run will be in March after getting out of the pool! I'm a new runner & not fast (I did C25K last winter) so expect to be among the last but I'm hoping there will be a few like me based on looking at times in other go tri events. I will be quite literally dipping my toe in the water!

That's a point- I need to improve my front crawl significantly.

Great progress boxcar I have made similar progress from a couple of years ago I started C25k and taught myself frontcrawl it’s a nice feeling learning new skills in middle age. Just thinking about goals for next year now. Ideally I’d like to do a full sprint Triathlon but I need to get my 5k run time faster ideally and my FC 400m time or I will definitely be last I know someone has to be but I’d like to be in with a good chance of finishing in one piece. I’ve done three Go-Tris now so I have got the transition stuff practiced I just need to up the distances now and get more confident (& lose 2 stone...but that’s a whole other challenge!!)

First swim in ages (injury healed and returned to running). I’ve signed up for an aquathlon in March as an incentive to keep swimming. Hoping it’ll help keep me injury free. A year ago I was really unfit and hadn’t exercised in nearly 15 years (not surprising I got injured). Today I can run 9k (aiming for 10) & can do 400m FC in just over 9 mins (aiming for under). What a difference a year makes!

1600m in the pool all to myself. Bliss :) I'm full of a warm endorphin glow now.