“If you swim, you are a swimmer. It doesn`t matter how fast
or how far. It doesn`t matter if today is your first day or if you’ve been
swimming for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no
membership card to get. You just swim “
(the wise words are
from John Bingham who originally
did it
for his love of running.
we loved it so much ,
we rearranged it slightly to suit
Big Ricks blogs are BACK.!!!
2013 was the last of Ricks triple English Channel adventures ,
at the end of the 2 way swim ,it was heard said by members of that Rick team ,
that if anyone should ever mention doing another channel swim again ( like a triple crossing ) or
should anyone of us be seen EVEN near Dover again, then lives would be lost
...;-))
BUT WE ARE BACK with a totally new team (almost )
We have new goals and big plans just like before , and just like before we will
most likely mess up along the way, expect to much and as normal total under
estimate just how hard swimming the English channel FAST can be.!but totally as before its going to BE 18 MONTHS OF FUN.!!!!!
Hi all, happy 2015 to everyone,
Well I`m sure you are like us in thinking the Christmas and
new year festivities seem a long and distance memory already, as we return to the pool
for the winters Horrid months of hard swim sets. It’s Time for Ricks to stop partying, time to
move on from last year’s swimming highs , and time to get back into the hard pool training
before return to the open water in April., it’s time to focus on the next
2 yrs.
We are planning another pop at the English Channel, this
time looking at an English record time of sub 18 hrs For a Two Way English Channel
relay swim. We have an 18 month plan, to be ready for late July 2016 and sub 18
hr double. (Well that’s the hope & plan)..It seems a long way off at the moment.
But it’s not really...we only have 4 months of hard pool and land training to
do before we head back into open water..!! So it’s time to step it up and get the
miles in those shoulders...!! We hope these training plans might help other
swimmers with winter training , we look at other blogs for sure for new ideas and sets ..As we all know how hard
and boring pool training can be for all of us.)
Happy training and
keep swimming Big Ricks.
( click on the arrow in the picture to hear the Mc`s great song as you read )
Ricks Blog Tune returns this week. with a very apt
up beat song for the start of January , and fact like it all not...all swimmers have to step it up and start training 100%...it’s
the classic tune by the Stereo MC`S......" Step It Up." Listen as you
read.Dare you not to dance... ;-)) This Weeks Sessions (Land Work is also being
done twice a week.Concentrating in Back, Shoulders, Core, Chest and
Triceps don`t go mad, you’re not trying to be the next Arnie.!!!)
Winter Training. Some swimmers love it...! most hate it....;-)) but all swimmers need a good one.
sunday afternoon set with the beeches masters team 4.8k (3 miles ) 1/3/15
Saturday morning set with the perry beeches sc squad 4.8k (3 miles ) 28/2/15
Mondays nights 2swim4life set..3 miles. (mile 1- 23.51, Mile 2- 23.16) we are slowly getting used to doing mile , rest set then mile again i prep for the 72 miles we going to have do as a team at the 2swim4life 24hr event on 2nd/3rd of May.
Sunday afternoon 4.6k 15/2/5
Saturday morning sprint 14/5/15
Wednesday 4.7k 11/2/15
A NICE Sunday afternoon set.
5.1k 8/2/15
Saturday morning main set.. 85% effort hurts at 7.30am 7/2/15
Sunday afternoon Masters set 4750m 1/2/15
Saturday morning. very good main set.. 5350m
Wednesday night. 4.8k
#2swim4life2015 set nice Monday night 5.6k
Sunday afternoon fun.. 4.7k (25/1/15)
Saturday morning fun.! ricks are the lane 6 massive 24/1/15
NICE mixed Wednesdays night set 4.750m
Nice 2swim4life 2015 warm up set.. 75 minute 4.6k blast
HARD Sunday set, 5.7k
some ideas for Drills on all four strokes
our beeches masters coach nothing like 10 x 200m neg slpit set ( timed )at 7.30am on a Saturday morning to get your bloody pumping
Saturday morning fun 4.2k
Nice 90 min set 5.2k
2swim4life 2015
You add a t-shirt to training and automatically
you get
the same swim feeling as you get
swimming in wetsuit ."horrid"..;-)
started our prep for the 2swim4life event..
5 x1000m..
#1 1000m swim with T-shirt (target around 15.30 )
#2 1000m ( 2 x 500m ) with t-shirt .pull & paddles @
8.00.
800..( 200 swim kick pull swim ) choice stokes BUT no F/C
on this set. Main Se t 3 X 1200 F/C 70% effort
1200 ( 3 x 400 of 6 minutes) 1200 (6 x 200 of 3 minutes)
1200(12 x 100 of 1min 30 ) try and make all the sets comfortable, want it done
an even pace Warm Down..
6x2 ..Breathing every 5...long stroke..Counting strokes
again 400m easy swim down
Main set...1 hour timed and distance recorded swim.
It’s never fun but its great gauge of improved fitness
through the winter...should be done at least once a month...learn your
pacing...a good swim 4000m in the hour
we will add more sets as the weeks and months pass..we are swimming about 4 sessions a week at the Mo...our 1st big team swim is the 2swim4life event..we have 3 teams of 2 taking part..that's only 72 miles to swam between us...should be fun..its always a great event to be part off..catch you soon ricks
Just in case we needed reminding just how tough and cold
the English channel can be.!
here is a short clip the USA`s new Late Late Show presenter
James Corden attempting to swim the English Channel..
but not the warm summer months for James...
he`s attempting it in December..
As James so rightly points out
“How hard can it be, it’s only a width, it’s not even a length “
"Man's greatest obstacle is his mind.
What the brain believes, the body
achieves."
Channel swimming is an expensive business.. roughly £6000 for this double adventure Soooo Team
mates.It's only 81 weeks until its double channel time... Time to get saving, save
£12.50 per week from now until July 2016 . Covers the swim and more importantly the after party .!!!!
Big Dan on his way to clean sweep of Beeches titles 4 of Ricks channel and 2swim4life team swimmers (Charlie , Stuart
, Ross , Paul )
joined our whole of
our Perry Beeches SSS SC team matesTo take part in the annual St Nicks Christmas Gala...swimmers from 6 to
46 took part in the Sunday afternoon event..50m in every stroke plus 100IM are the events..
it was a great fun event , lovely the to see the young
and old swimmers Cheering each other on ..many of the masters had their own children
swimming in the same event..something that does not happen very often at all .
the trophies for the beeches swimmers aged 6 to 13
final heat of the mens 100m IM
some of the highlight were the squad swimmers taking on the old
masters crew to see who would earn bragging rights for the next twelve months
Dan storming out in front big Stuart chasing
50m freestyle
1 Daniel (89)
24.87
2 Jamie (97)
26.47
3 CHARLIE (82)
27.86
big Stu.. did all 5 races.. 50m butterfly 33.35 50m breaststroke
36.44 100m IM 1:14.14 50m backstroke 36.63 50m freestyle 28.15
50m breaststroke
1 Daniel (89) 31.50
2 Jovan (96) 36.43
3 Ross (78)
36.44
50m backstroke 1 Daniel (89) 31.37 2 Jamie (97) 31.87 3 Paul (68) 31.90
