Swim Squad Season Review: An Epic Year!

Swim Squad Season Review: An Epic Year!

The finish of the Dublin Marathon last week marked the end of the 2022/33 season for my coached athletes.

Wow!

What a season!!

It’s been so, so good.

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Big Distances

Our athletes took on the biggest and best endurance events in the world. A lot of training, effort and sacrifice went into these events – and our athletes have the medals, pictures and memories to show for their efforts. These events included Ironman triathlons, marathon runs, English Channel swims, long distance (marathon) swims.

First Times

In amongst the achievements, we had lots of firsts …

• First time Ironman crossing finishing lines.
• First time marathon finishes.
• First triathlons completed.

Amazing Performances

Athletes surpassed their own expectations …

• Lifetime best performances achieved.
• GB Age Group teams made.
• World Championships qualified for.
• Barriers and perceived limits broken.
• Taken performance levels up a level.
• Goals smashed.

What It Meant

Emotions ran high from all of us …

• Tears of joy from athletes
• Immense pride from coach, athlete, family and friends
• Renewed belief about future goals and performances
• Future ambitions have been recalibrated and amplified.

I couldn’t be happier how the season has gone for so many athletes.

Well done to everybody who has trusted us, worked with us and been on the journey with us this year! You deserve your success!

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Swim Squad Season Review: The Events That Made Up 2023 For Our Athletes

Most of the events that our athletes took on are included here. There are 78 different events here!

January

• North Lakes New Year Half Marathon
• New Years Day Half Marathon
• New Years Day 10K
• Tatton Park 10K
• Petzl Rivington Night Runner
• Four Villages Half Marathon

February

• Hale Village Duathlon
• Wrexham Half Marathon
• Aintree Half Marathon
• Carlingford Half Marathon

March

• Liverpool Half Marathon
• Tour of Lancashire Sportive
• Mad Dog 10K

April

• Boston Marathon
• London Marathon
• Manchester Marathon
• Belfast Marathon
• West Lancs Spring Triathlon
• Lakeland Loop Sportive
• Hale Village Five Mile Race
• MerseyTri 10 Mile TT
• Tour de Manc Sportive

May

• The ROC Triathlon
• Southport Triathlon
• Outlaw Half
• Rob Burrow Leeds Half Marathon
• Ironman Lanzarote
• London – Essex 100 Mile Sportive
• JBL Triathlon, Poland
• Spring 10K
• Cheshire Sprint Triathlon
• Horwich Triathlon
• Tour of the Peak Sportive

June

• Epic Lakes Swim (Ullswater)
• The Slateman
• Ironman Hamburg
• Ironman Staffordshire 70.3
• Deva Middle Distance Triathlon
• Ellesmere Triathlon
• Tour de Cambridge 100 Mile TT
• Manchester Tri Aquathlon
• The Long Course Weekend

July

• Ironman UK
• The Outlaw
• Cotswolds 70.3
• The Snowman
• Ullswater Epicman Triathlon
• Felixstowe Triathlon
• Deva Divas Sprint Triathlon
• MerseyTri Swimrun
• The Tolkein Trail Race

August

• Ironman Copenhagen
• West Lancs Summer Triathlon
• The Dee Mile
• Liverpool Chester 100 Mile Sportive
• Beat The Tide Swim
• Boundary Breeze Triathlon

September

• Ironman Wales
• Chicago Marathon
• Ironman Weymouth 70.3
• The Sandman
• The Cross Mersey Swim
• Bala Triathlon
• Shropshire Triathlon
• Cheshire Half Marathon
• The Brutal Half
• New Forest Sportive
• Man vs Mountain
• The English Channel Swim

October

• Ironman Cascais
• Ironman Cascais 70.3
• Ibiza Middle Distance Triathlon
• Manchester Half Marathon
• Loch Rannoch Marathon
• Llandudno Triathlon
• Oulton Park Duathlon
• Petzl Delamere Night Run
• Dublin Marathon

That’s a race list, isn’t it? That’s the races from all of our coached athletes. It doesn’t include the many other races that our Swim Squad swimmers entered and performed brilliantly in.

Amazing.

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Well done again to everybody who worked with us during the 2022/23 season. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

Can’t wait to see what 2023/24 season brings us!

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If you would like some support for your 2024 season goals, now is the time to get in touch and start planning! Message me and we’ll take it from there.