So it’s the 30/9 and that means tomorrow is the start of the Team Mermaids’ winter challenge. After last year‘s distance extravaganza we are going a little bit more fun but there are still some distance challenges involved. So we will have until April 30th to get as many points as possible by doing the below tasks. […]
MoreSunday morning saw a gaggle of open water swimmers and a token triathlete head to the west reservoir at Stoke Newington for Capital Tri’s final ‘the splash’ of the season. My day started at 6am when I took the Katie Kenny approach to nutrition and had a biscuit for my breakfast before driving to North […]
MoreAs 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 […]
MoreThe Thames Marathon was our favourite swim of 2015 so part of me was really looking forward to the 14km swim from Henley Bridge down to Marlow Bridge. The other part of me was pretty nervous as I probably hadn’t done quite enough training. While Coach Manda has been on ‘sabbatical’ we have not been […]
MoreThis was Team Mermaids third trip to the RG Active Relays. The first year Manda and I emerged victorious but the second year we were pipped into second place. Would it be third time lucky for Brian (standing in as merman in Manda’s place) and I? The format is 6 laps of around 500m of […]
MoreOn Sunday 24 July family Kenny / Patrickson were up bright and early to head down to Ham Lake for one of the regular RG Active training races. The training races are held three times a year and the format is very relaxed. The races start at 8am. You can either swim 1 lap (around […]
MoreThe question is age old – how much difference does wearing a wetsuit make? It is almost impossible to answer that question. Races, courses, water flow, how you feel on the day are all different. The closest you are ever going to get to answer the question however is doing the same swim twice […]
MoreThanks 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 […]
MoreFiona did the Great North swim in Windermere this year and seeing as we have never done the ‘North’ event of the Great Swim series we asked her to write us a guest blog. ps cheery bakewell cocktails… Yum or Yuk? I’m writing this from the heavenly super king size bed in our guest house […]
MoreBeing 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 […]
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