Swimming

Lago d’Orta – Oceanman (kind of)

Swim Races by teammermaidsJuly 4, 2018July 30, 2019

Adventures by teammermaidsOctober 23, 2017October 23, 2017

Top 10 tips for Pool Crawling!

We love a Pool Crawl so we have done a few and therefore, have self appointed ourselves as Pool crawl Presidents! So here is our Top 10 tips for Pool Crawling. Thanks to our Pool crawling partners in crime Brian and Pivo for helping us with the below. Have a small purse/freezer bag with 20ps and […]

Swim trips by teammermaidsAugust 5, 2017August 17, 2017

Swimming in Guernsey

I (Manda) come from Guernsey and when I go back I want to go sea swimming but the lack of company always stops me, so this time I decided to try and engage local groups to see if they would let me tag along and I wasn’t disappointed. Katie and Brian then joined me for […]

Swim Races by teammermaidsJune 24, 2017June 24, 2017

Midsummer Relay 2017

Every year SLSC put on public events over the summer at Tooting Bec Lido. We have previously taken part in their aquathlon series but this year as I (Manda) am not fully back running yet, I thought it would be nice to take part in the Mid-Summer Relay. The event takes place at 8pm on […]

Training by teammermaidsMay 15, 2017May 26, 2017

Open-water Training 2017

Serpentine SwimForTri: http://www.swimfortri.co.uk/hyde-park/ RG Active: http://www.rgactive.com/coaching-training/swim-training/ Serpentine Swimming Club: http://serpentineswimmingclub.com/ General Admission: https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/hyde-park/things-to-see-and-do/sports-and-leisure/serpentine-lido Tooting Bec Lido Fit and Abel: http://fitandabel.com/uk-swim-coaching/ SLSC: https://www.slsc.org.uk/ Training sessions are for SLSC members only. You can get a Club only membership costs for just £25 (£20 for 19-25 year olds) but with the club only membership you have to […]

Training by teammermaidsMarch 16, 2017March 20, 2017

10km pyramid

After the success of 100 x 100m a few weeks ago everyone started getting very optimistic and suggesting more 10km sets. This is how we ended up at Charlton Lido again on 12th March 2017 attempting a 10km pyramid. We were a reduced group this time as Adrian way away skiing (I think he […]

Other by teammermaidsNovember 10, 2016November 14, 2016

A Mermaid’s Christmas Wish List 2016

Last year we had a great response to our wish list so we thought we would do another one for 2016… It is also serves as a massive hint to our husbands! Day 1 – Stocking Fillers/Gift wrapping The perfect wrapping paper for any swimmer’s gifts is Nancy Farmer’s. Beautifully constructed swimmers give the illusion of snowflakes […]

Adventures by teammermaidsSeptember 18, 2016September 18, 2016

The Lake District: “Wild swimming” adventures

As we were staying in Coniston for an extra week we decided to try and turn ourselves into wild swimmers. Here how we got on… Coniston (Manda) One dip just in this beautiful water wasn’t enough, so realising that there was a water entry point a 5/10 minute walk from the cottage we were staying […]

Swim Races by teammermaidsJuly 3, 2016July 13, 2016

Boulter’s to Bray 2016

Thanks to Paddy for giving us an insight into open water swimming events from the spectator’s point of view. It is as glamorous as we thought!! Massive well done to Kate for her swim! I’m not a sports spectator and never have been. I also can’t swim. I can float and vaguely control the direction […]

Training by teammermaidsMay 31, 2016April 1, 2017

The pregnancy swim diary

Being pregnant presented some interesting challenges to my (Manda) swimming training, however, I was able to continue to swim right until 40 weeks. This was all made possible by lots of lovely people, mainly Katie, who continued to swim with me despite my speed and endurance not being what it once was. It also helped […]