Training Camp Logs (Part II)
During my time in Montréal 🇨🇦 I tried to publish as many training camp logs as I could to share with the coaching community. These are all from a 13-month period, mostly in 2015.
In 2015 I had an athlete selected to attend the Mare Nostrum tour as part of a Swimming Canada delegation. I wasn’t attending so I sent along a detailed training plan for the coach and athlete to follow throughout the 2-week trip. This was a great way to communicate expectations to both athlete and tour coach, and giving the tour coach a framework for the trip takes a lot of pressure off trying to write sessions during a busy period.
Canada were at the time, and I think still do, using international competitions as open water selection since the vast majority of the time it’s too cold to swim outdoors in Canada. The Cayman Islands “Flowers Sea Swim” was a great celebration of swimming and had events for everyone.