In the pool during May we will continue to prepare for our final long course meet at the end of the month.  I was delighted with the results at our first long course meet in Waterloo.  The swimmers underwater work off the wall was better than ever. The effectiveness of our team’s dolphin kick continues to grow.  I believe our work with widths and transitions is continuing to pay off.  We were  training sets of over distance swims before the meet, which seemed to help us prepare for the amount of free swimming in a 50 metre pool.

More of our swimmers are making dryland training a consistent part of their workouts.  I am planning on re-introducing our spring mountain running on Wednesdays as well as some skipping and strengthening field activities.  As a group, we run Murray’s Mountain as part of our dry-land training from 4 – 4:25 p.m.  We will head into the pool for our regular workout after the outdoor work.  The outside activities help to bring an element of play into our training, which is especially needed in the nice weather when the last thing swimmers want to do is train.  Swimmers who wish to participate must wear running shoes.  All swimmers can benefit from this demanding exercise. 

We are all looking forward to the Collingwood outdoor meet in June.  I will let everyone know more of the meet details as soon as I get them. 

Head Coach

Anne Bevan Jones

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