On the 29th June 2015, my Mum, Liz, Team Mermaids uber supporter, passed away. As I kid my Mum gave up nearly all of her free time driving me to and from Crystal Palace and various other pools on the SW and SE London areas. She spent a good many of her weekends at galas […]
MoreBack in January Manda lent me a copy of Dara Torres’ autobiography ‘Age is just a number’ for some post baby swimspiration. What with having a new baby and all I only just got round to reading it. I didn’t know much about Dara before the reading the book but her tale is fascinating and […]
MoreThe dawn of Saturday 28th June 2015 saw the Oxford and Cambridge teams line up on the Henley regatta course for the varsity open water swimming matches. The student varsity match was first held in 2014 and proved so popular that the organisers decided to add an alumni match as well this year. The matches […]
MoreLast Sunday morning at 2:30am I (Manda) arose to make my way to the annual Henley Classic. The race starts at 4:30am as the sun is rising. This sounds massively anti-social, however, it actually has the opposite impact and somehow results in everyone being really chatty and enthusiastic about the pending sunrise and accompanying swim. […]
MoreOn Sunday 7 June 2015 Team Mermaids and friends went on an outing to the Jubilee River swim put on by My Sporting Times. This beautiful event is a 10km downstream swim ending up at the Thames Valley Athletic Centre in Eton. Well I say it is 10k but really it is c.9.5km of swimming […]
MoreI’ve (Manda) just got back from Mallorca, where I went to take part in the annual Sa Dragonera race hosted by Neda el Mon. Kate, Brian, Pivo and Charlie (who we know from Tuesday night swimming amongst other things) joined me on the trip, whilst Katie, unfortunately for me, was busy at home. The race […]
MoreThese are ones we do ourselves when training for longer swims so add to as and when we do new ones. See also: 2.5 sets, 3k sets, 4k sets and if you are after more inspiration the Tooting Bec Lido sets can be altered to suit pool length/distance required. SET A 500 SWIM 400 PULL 300 DRILL 200 6 […]
MoreThese are sets we have done ourselves and will be adding to them as we do more. These ones are for 25/50 pools. If you swim in a 30 pool then check out some here: 30m/y training sessions See also: 2.5K sets, 4k sets, 5k+ sets and our Instagram where we post our sets as stories. […]
MoreKATIE Your favourite pool overall My favourite pool from the Winter Pool Challenge is Marshall Street Baths. It is hidden just behind Regents Street so you can combine a swim and a shop. It also has lovely Art Deco interior and exterior which makes you feel like you are making a trip to an old […]
MoreOver the past six months Team Mermaids and friends have been taking part in the Winter Pool Challenge. The challenge was to swim in as many pools as possible before 30 April 2015. The rules were: 1) The pool must be public so everyone can swim there 2) The pool must be heated – it […]
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