Swim Smooth Episode 25 - Big Rick's Chicks Break English Channel World Record!

Swim Smooth Episode 25 - Big Rick's Chicks Break English Channel World Record!

We're back and pumped today with the achievements of Swim Smooth Manchester's 

Head Coach, Lucy Lloyd-Roach and her team of four female swimmers who on the 1st September broke the world record to be the first ever female English Channel Relay Team to swim across La Manche in full medley order - backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle - with each team member having to complete 60 minutes of uninterrupted swimming on their given stroke.

Lucy swam the butterfly leg as British Master's butterfly champion, with 

Melanie Holland (a Triple Crown marathon swimmer and

4-way English Channel relay swimmer) doing the honours on the backstroke, 

Claire Thorne (multiple British Masters Champion) taking the breaststroke leg, 

and 

Sarah Hempenstall (Ironman and another British Masters Champion)

 rounding out the team with the freestyle.

The girls made it over to France in a stellar time of 12h17m and recount their training programs, experiences on the boat and their fund raising in honour of Surfers Against Sewage and also the Big Rick's team commemorating superstar marathon swimmer Mark Rickhuss who sadly passed away in 2005 at the age of just 41 from a heart attack whilst supporting another swimmer across the Channel.
Paul and Adam also discuss the latest developments at Swim Smooth, both locally and globally with our Certified Coaches, as well as the latest project the team has been working on to really enhance our online / remote coach offering.

click to listen to the ladies talk to paul newsome 

all about their record breaking swim  

 

( Many thanks to Paul and swimsmooth for speaking to the Ricks  Ladies 

click link to hear complete swimsmooth podcast )

https://player.fm/series/swim-smooth/episode-25-big-ricks-chicks-break-english-channel-world-record