Build the endurance, confidence, and open-water skills to conquer your 5 km Ruby Island challenge.
Are you ready to take on the iconic Ruby5 Swim in beautiful Lake Wanaka? 🏊♀️🏊♂️
Whether it’s your first 5 km open-water swim or you’re looking to improve your performance from previous years, the Ruby5 Lake Wanaka Swim Training Plan is designed to get you to the start line feeling confident, prepared, and ready to enjoy every stroke. 🌊
Build the endurance, confidence, and open-water skills to conquer your 5 km Ruby Island challenge.
Are you ready to take on the iconic Ruby5 Swim in beautiful Lake Wanaka? 🏊♀️🏊♂️
Whether it’s your first 5 km open-water swim or you’re looking to improve your performance from previous years, the Ruby5 Lake Wanaka Swim Training Plan is designed to get you to the start line feeling confident, prepared, and ready to enjoy every stroke. 🌊
Sam Askey-Doran has come to the sport of triathlon from a strong swimming background. The Tasmanian focussed on 400m to 1,500m Freestyle in the pool, as well as the 10km Open Water Swim. Since turning his hand to Ironman, he has set the swim course record at Ironman Kona of 45:43. This is a workout he enjoys and has been using in his build up to the Ironman World Champs in Nice this year.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Samuel Askey-Doran’s Ironman World Champs Swim Workout
Even if you onyl swim Freestyle (or Front Crawl), there is still immense benefit to incorporating the other strokes into your training. By practising and developing the other strokes you will enhance both your feel for the water and the catch phase of you stroke. These are important skills to enhance as you advance your capabilities. This session is great for open-water swimmers and triathletes of all distances.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Mixing Up The Strokes
Progressive reps build in intensity over the duration of each rep. This builds your ability to change gears and speed within a race or event, as well as developing your threshold swimming ability. This session is great for open-water swimmers and triathletes of all distances.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Progressive 300’s
Building your ability to sustain your threshold pace in a swim is an important capability for triathletes and open-water swimmers. These sessions further develop that ability by progressing your fitness by completing reps at a fast pace that you can sustain. This session will benefit triathletes of all distances, as well as other open-water swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Triathlon Plus Race Pace Swim #2
Build your top end speed with some shorter, faster reps pays dividends, not just with your speed but also your overall fitness. This session will benefit triathletes of all distances, as well as other open-water swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Tour de Cure Session 5
Take Your Swimming to New Heights: Swim Fitness Improver for Intermediate Swimmers.
Attention, intermediate swimmers! If you’re logging 2,000m to 3,000m per session and are determined to enhance your performance, our Swim Fitness Improver training plan is tailor-made for you.
Building your ability to sustain your endurance in a swim is an important capability for triathletes and open-water swimmers. These sessions further develop that ability by progressing your fitness by completing reps at a solid pace. This session will benefit triathletes of all distances, as well as other open-water swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Tour de Cure Session 4
Winter is the perfect time to build your swim base 🧱—without overloading your schedule or burning out. Whether you’re aiming for a Half Ironman or just want to sharpen your swim endurance, this 12-week swim-focused plan is crafted for busy triathletes who still want time for 🏃♀️🏃♂️ runs, 🚴♀️🚴♂️ rides, work, family, and a bit of downtime too.
View More Tuesday Training Plan: Busy Triathlete Winter Swim Base Training Plan (INTERMEDIATE 12 Week Plan)