02/09/2026
This was my final session with Dan at Longside Lake | Open Water Swimming we started in April in the pool. He started as a non swimmer concerned with putting his face in the water. The rather ambitious goal was the Swim Serpentine 2 mile event in September!😮. So we progressed from head up breaststroke, to head in breaststroke, then some crawl. Distance wise we started with half a length, then a full length and in a few weeks built a continuous swim up, first to 8 minutes and beyond., . 5 months later we’ve added lake swims, wetsuits, sighting, gliding and all sorts of drills along the way, Longest swim now is 2.4 km and he is pretty much set for his challenge 👍👍 . Amazing hard work from Dan, his goal drove him on and plenty of practice. Good luck later this month.
