Its Happy Hour Again..!



Big Ricks Team  Were proud to take part in the World Wide
 ' Swim For Your Heart Day 2011;'

This week started with a bang ( well a team 24,000K swim), as  Big Ricks Team  Were proud to take part in the World Wide ' Swim For Your Heart Day '....We Have to give a Big thank to Antonio Argûelles. who runs The Martí Foundation in Mexico...who kindly sent us Swim For Your Heart Swimming Hats, which made us all feel like we were really taking part in the event, Antonio had over 1400 swimmers taking part in a swim on the 14th February  in Mexico all in the aid of the Heart Foundation...!!.. Check out the website...we made the front page. www.swimforyourheartfeb14.com

                                      Swim For Your Heart Anthem

Okay, lets update the channel news this week . We Have to start with the great news about Big Ricks sponsorship, Thanks to great work done by Richard ,Rob and little by Paul..! the amount raised is now over £ 6250.0.! How amazing is that..We as a team can not thank everyone enough for their amazing support, it really does mean everything to us all..it give us the added motivation to train harder and to prove all the doubters wrong who have told us that its impossible for a team so old to swim the English Channel in under 10 hours..!! well with you continued support we hope to prove them wrong.! 

Speaking of training hard, this week has been the hardest week so far..with all the team swimming over 20,000 metres ( 12 miles) this week, which believe me, is no mean achievement for any swimmer old or young.! Saturday`s happy hour time trail did go a little Pete Tong.!, firstly it lasted over hour and 15 minutes long, and yes we did do it none stop, but not all front crawl..and mile of it was done doing Kick only.!!which resulted in all of us hurt and in pain when we finished.! i will spare you the details, so just lets say it was a very productive  swim.!  and gives us a lot of hope for the next 2 months in the pool , before the real work starts when  the open water/sea training starts on the  1st weekend of may in Dover.!!!

The team just loved  swimming their monthly

  Happy Hour Time Trial on Saturday morning...!!!

If you wish to give your support to 'Big Ricks' Swimming The English Channel To Help Save Lives challenge in aid of The British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research UK, then please log onto our Virgin Money Giving Page;

            Big Ricks Channel Swim 2011 Virgin Money Giving

                Every Penny Raised will go to help save Lives.!
                    ' Lets Beat Heart Disease Together '

This Weeks Session's


Wednesday 16/2/11
Warm up

1000 FC  Build from easy to medium/fast throughout the swim (1000)

Main set

15 X 200 FC    Off 3.00 minutes(3000)

Sub set    Fins

6 X 200 FC Kick                                                         20R

Swim Down

400 gentle F/C

Tuesday 15/2/11
Warm Up 600 F/c stroke drills
Main Set 20 x 100 F/C
4 x 100.. ( 2 x 100`s off 1.20 , 2 x 100`s  1.40 )
4 x 100.. ( 2 x 100`s of 1.20 , 2 x 100`s   1,35 )
4 x 100.. ( 2 x 100`s of 1.20 , 2 x 100`s   1,30 )
4 x 100.. ( 2 x 100`s of 1.20 , 2 x 100`s   1,25 )
4 x 100.. ( 4 x 100`s of 1.20  )
Kick Set..4 x 100 kick with fins..10r
warm Down 400m

Sunday 13/2/11
Warm up. 600M f/c ( every 4th len swim head up)
Pre Main 9 x 100 kick and swim with fins.(no kick board )
3x100 ( 1st len fly kick,2nd len fly full stroke ,3rd len kick ,4th fly full stroke )
3x100  same but on F/C
3x100  same but Backstroke
Main Set 3x300 of 4.15
100 ez.
warm down. 400 stroke drills

Saturday 12/2/11.
Warm Up. 400m gentle F/c
Main Set.. 1hr 30 min TIMED SWIM.!!

Wednesday 9/2/11
Warm Up and Main Swim...
800 f/c, 2 x 400 Kick (with fins), 800 f/c , 400 kick, 800m f/c, 200 kick, 400 f/s 15r (4200)
Swim Down..400m Gentle swim..

Tuesday 8/2/11 

Warm up: 400 FC gentle.
Test Swim: 60 minute timed swim, this needs to be an all out effort swim.
(Distance swam to be recorded and used as an indication of improved fitness)
Swim down: 400 mixed strokes