Monday, 9 June 2014

Sunday Swan Time....Sing

Really Great swim this morning , must have been 80 plus swimmers in the swan ,from  the Lifeguard & sailing  club , to Oldbury tri club and Triathlon England to the channel swimming club..all in the lake doing various types of training . 
its was Fabulous to be part off .. .love Sundays
Swan Pool best open water venue for open water adventure in the midlands...!!!!!!!
June 8, 2014



 To get us in the mood for a great summer of swimming..
its time to re-start Ricks blog tunes...
what better way to start then with the number 1 song in the UK ...
Ed Sheeran and Sing...
(play as read.)

take it away Ed......!!! 
channel swimming club
Mr & Mrs. Meat  
Wendy and Big Rich  
young Raymond and Dan  
Richard giving out today's safety instructions..
it was going to be a very busy morning for the team,
 lots of new  to open water swimmers to look after..  
              
Mark from Oldbury tri and Kristy from Triathlon England
taking a open water taster session  ,
fantastic turn out  
safety team in place   

their off....!!!
Short video  off a Really Great swim
 this sunny Sunday  morning
everyone looking good 
Mark from Oldbury tri
Mark did a great job introducing over 50 new
swimmers to joy of open water for the first time        
Triathlon England's shinny team tent.!!
very posh    
the beeches team

Wendy  never stops eating..;-)
but after swimming 2 miles or so

i,m sure the meat will let Wendy off , just this once      


things are starting to hot up nicely in training now  ,and  just in time .!! 
as this weekend coming  is the big start to open water year in the UK , it’s  the  British Gas  Great North Swim event in lake Windermere..10,000 swimmers will take to the water...should be a great  swim , and ricks will be there for their for the first time in 4 years...;-) see you there ...

      
its looking nice and toasty for the Great Swim
this picture from the great Chillswim team 
shows  the Water temp at the Great North Swim venue in low wood today (10/6/14)
 is 17 degrees C...perfect