swimathon- how do I get training?

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I have just signed up for the swimathon in April to complete 2.5 km in the pool. Many years ago I swam every day, but two kids and a decade later I am a little rusty.

Any ideas about training?

Realistically I will be able to get to the pool twice, maybe three times per week.

TIA

Any swimmers out there?

3 times a week is fine - when I did it a couple of years ago the swimathon site had a training programme to follow - or you could always have a look at the Zoggs site as they certainly used to have training programmes for various levels of fitness

once you get going, 2.5km isn't actually that far - I'm not a great swimmer by any means but managed it quite comfortably - i didn't even try to go fast though, which for me was the key

Thanks mimsum I am planning to go to the pool this evening and get started on it.

Cheers