swim the midmar mile

wil augustus begin swem sal ek dit kan doen , het die jaar al die pick n pay august en die comrades gedoen en wil graag die midmar mile ook doen,het iemand dalk vir my n oefen program.

I trained hard and then realised on the day of the swim how different it really was. I couldn’t swim freestyle like I had trained. The current was reall strong and I kept going in the wrong direction… So I did breaststroke the whole way, boy was I stiff the next day. I finished in 41:14. I’m very glad I did it and will definitely be doing it again.

I’m doing my first dam swim this morning – in Baja dam, Bronkhorstspruit. Nervous about all the fish and reeds and things – to top it off, it’s pouring with rain! But I decided I’d swim Midmar last year, and so I’m doing it. Just have to get this first swim over and done with, so that I’m not so nervous for the Mile…

I’m starting training in September, I’m not really a swimmer and it’s going to take me ages just to get fit. If anyone has some training tips please pass them along. I have a friend who coaches swimming so I’m hoping he might help me out with a training schedule…

i have done this 6 times already (i think)
was great, will be there again next time, and the next :-)

I’ve done the mile 12 times, and I’m going for number 13 in 2007. Chantell – hope you got it done :)

Well just swam my 1st Midmar mile – it was great. Not as crowded as I had been led to believe, but don’t get me wrong, it IS crowded. Hopefully I’ll be in the country for next years – I’ll make a weekend of it.

did it in 1980 and again in 2005 :)

I have been wanting to do this for years. I’ll have to start with a serious cardio exercise plan. I plan to do this in February 2006. Eight months enough to train?