Training Zone

Signed up for your Swimathon 2020 challenge but not sure where to start with your training? Our training zone is designed to make sure that by the time event day comes around you’re in the best possible shape for your swim!

Triple 5k Top Tips

Swimming three 5k Swimathon Challenges across the Swimathon event period would be a fantastic achievement! Below are some tips and ideas from Team GB coach Jolyon Finck to help those people who are looking to complete the Swimathon Triple 5k.

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Improve Your Front Crawl Technique

Mark Foster, GB swimmer shares some excellent tips on how to improve your front crawl so you can smash your goals at Swimathon 2020!

Improve Your Breaststroke Technique 

To ensure you are squeezing the most out of your time in the pool here are a few advanced tips from Duncan Goodhew for improving your breaststroke technique.

Duncan Goodhew, Swimathon President shares 4 top technique tips to help improve you breaststroke.

Meet Jolyon Finck - Team GB Olympic Swimming Coach

Over the course of his 20-year swimming coaching career, Jolyon has tutored swimmers ranging from beginners and LTS Mini Squad Swimmers through to elite international performers.  

With plenty of swimming qualifications and degrees in Anatomical Science, Education and Sports Performance Management, Jolyon brings a unique quotient of both art and science to his pool side skills. 

Perfect your swimming technique with Jolyon Finck's technique tips for breaststroke, freestyle and backstroke.

Meet Duncan Goodhew - Olympic Gold Medallist 

Duncan is a champion swimmer and British sporting hero. He won an Olympic Gold medal for the 100m breaststroke at the 1980 Moscow games, where he also won a bronze relay medal. Since then Duncan has been focused on helping more people to take up swimming. 

Start your training right with these top training tips from Swimathon President and Olympic gold medalist swimmer, Duncan Goodhew.

Training Plans

There will be 10 week training plans released later in the campaign written personally by Jolyon Finck, Swimathon Head Coach. These plans will contain something for every ability with beginner, intermediate and advanced plans available.