Have you ever fancied watching fireworks from a lake whilst swimming? Well, Friday night is your chance to do just that! Activities Away in Lincoln is hosting a bonfire and firework bonanza this Friday (7th November) with swimming from 6pm. Adult tickets are just £7.50 which includes a unique hot-dog style sausage which has been created by Steve’s award winning Lincolnshire… Read more →
The 2014/2015 winter swim season at Activities Away in Lincoln got underway this morning with three new winter swimmers and five seasoned veterans all keen and eager to get in the water. Thankfully the rain held back after the classroom session so it was from a warm(ish) jetty that they all set off to cover several laps of the short… Read more →
It was great to be back in Treeton Dyke this afternoon! The dyke has been weed-ridden for the whole of the summer period and despite the jet-skiers and water-skiers attempting to chemically reduce the effects of the weeds, swimming has been a virtual no-no for ages. Added to the… Read more →
The Yorkshire Outdoor Swimmers WINTER SWIM CLUB launched this afternoon with a chilly swim in 10ºC water at Harthill Reservoir. Fifteen open water swimmers braved the cold water for their first winter dip – and all surpassed themselves! Our wetsuited-wonders didn’t leave all the cold fun to the 5 ‘skins’ swimmers and all ‘double-dipped*’ to enhance their winter swim acclimatisation… Read more →
In September 2015 Alistair, one of the founding coaches of Swimyourswim, will be attempting to swim the English Channel SOLO. His aim, other than swimming through 21 miles of one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world in ‘skins’, in sea at an average temperature of 15-17ºC, is to raise money in support of Links International a charity who, amongst many other… Read more →
Swimyourswim (SYS) is launching this seasons YORKSHIRE OUTDOOR SWIMMERS (YOS) WINTER SWIM CLUB at Harthill Reservoir this Saturday 25th October, from 1.30pm. If you are new to winter swimming, have planned to do (or already booked into) one of the Chill Swim events, or have aspirations to do an IceK or IceMile event then this is the series of coached… Read more →
Another EXCELLENT coached lane swim at Pond’s Forge tonight – all our swimmers did an excellent job and are worthy to be called real athletes! Each Tuesday evening we have two 50m lanes in Sheffield’s prime swimming venue. One lane, “Lane 8”, is set apart for our IMPROVERS – those who are developing their freestyle technique and stamina. Our improvers should… Read more →
Using your timed 400m and 200m swims we have calculated each swimmers Critical Swim Speeds (CSS). The table below will give you your CSS for 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m. You can use these times in your personal training. [wpdm_file id=5] These times are only available to Members of Swimyourswim. Read more →
Tomorrow evening (21st October, at 9pm) we are hosting a coached lane session at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre. We have 2 lanes in the Olympic-sized swimming pool (50m) and run the session for all abilities from novice to speed-monster. If you would like to improve your swim technique, or develop your speed/pace and stamina these sessions are ideal for… Read more →
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