A huge thank you and well done to everyone that took part in yesterday’s Ice Mile qualifier swim. A special mention must go to Sophie, who at 18 years old travelled alone from Bristol to complete her qualifying swim with us, you left the team in awe. With a 100% success rate we had lots of happy faces and a… Read more →
Here’s a list of our upcoming events and what’s on between now and Christmas in addition to our normal swimming sessions, there’s a warm welcome waiting so come and join us. 5th November Swimyourswim are hosting a special Bonfire Night Swim at Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre, near Doncaster on Tuesday 5th November 2019. Registration will be open at… Read more →
Swimyourswim are holding a Badge Day event on February 16th 2020 where you can sign up to swim a set distance suitable to your training and ability and collect one of the fantastic new IISA GB distance badges. Distances There are 5 distances to select from – 100m 250m 500m 750m and 1000m 100m Registration Link – Click Here… Read more →
For Gavin Pitt – This weeks winter swimming advice post forms the foundation block of our winter swimming recovery process at SwimYourSwim. It has been written by the amazing Heather Massey from Portsmouth University and has helped us provide a safe and proven recovery procedure for 90 ratified Ice Milers and hundreds of winter swimmers. We hope… Read more →
With a full schedule of potential Ice Milers already booked in this winter we have chosen to make our second weekly winter swimming post about the preparation required to get ready for an ice mile attempt. We hope you’ll enjoy the read and if you’re booked in with us we have fun during your training and stay safe,… Read more →
SYS are holding a number of ICE MILE SWIM attempts across the winter of 2019/20. Each Saturday swim day we have space for three swimmers to attempt their ICE MILE – a one mile swim (1600m) in water under 5ºC, wearing only one swim costume, one swim cap and a pair of goggles*. To be eligible for an ICE MILE SWIM… Read more →
SYS are running a 1km ICE MILE QUALIFYING EVENT on Saturday 30th November, from 8am -10am, at Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre, near Doncaster The event will cost £10 and provide you with an opportunity to swim a 1km distance in temperatures (hopefully) at 6ºC or under… We will then be able to complete your ICE MILE QUALIFYING SWIM FORM. SYS… Read more →
Subject to ratification we would like to extend our congratulations to the 5 swimmers who successfully completed their Ice Miles with us on Saturday at DCLT’s Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre in Doncaster. The mix of swimmers were literally from opposite ends of the country, from the South Coast to Scotland and all points in between. Luckily the mild weather hadn’t… Read more →
Yesterday saw two more successful ice miles ( subject to ratification ) being completed at DCLT’S Hatfield Outdoor Activity centre in Doncaster. They were completed under the careful watch of four STA winter swimming CPD candidates, who followed the Ice Milers through their post swim briefing, the swim itself and the recovery process. Of the four booked attempts, three swimmers… Read more →
To celebrate this amazing milestone we are planning a draw which will be made up of all the names of our previous Ice Milers. With a full calendar of ice mile attempts in February we are now drawing close to our 100th Ice Mile. The draw will be made by our 90th Ice Miler in February and the first name… Read more →
