Swim smart adventures
Looking for a new challenge?
Interested to swim longer distances?
Have you ever considered taking on a marathon swim?
We have two programs to offer this season: Distance Swimming and Marathon Swimming.
Both programs run for 6-months throughout the summer, ending mid-August when most of the long distance swim events take place.
The first 3-months training will be done in the pool, gradually adding distance with a mix of technique, pacing, speed sets and a whole lot of easy swimming.
The second 3-months feature many more open water swim and the start of our epic day trips,
overnight swim camping and a 4-day training camp (location TBC).
How about swimming to your campsite?
Save The Dates
We have pencilled in the following dates for our group adventure swims. Swim start time is usually 8:00 am. Date and time subject to change based on tides, water temperature and weather forecast.
- Feb 24 @ Welcome Webinar
- May 11 @ Sasamat Lake 2k
- June 1 @ Kits to Jericho 4k
- June 15 @ Jug Island 6k
- June 29 @ Jericho 8k
- July 11 to 12 @ Twin Island Swim Camping*
- July 25 to 28 @ Long Distance Open Water Swim Camp*
Summer swim camping adventures and the long distance open water swim camps will incur additional costs for transportation, food and accommodations. These trips are optional and at cost only. Guaranteed to be the best money you will spend this summer.
*Must be able to swim 6k comfortably to take part in these trips.
What's Included
- All swim workouts, strength training and mobility training sessions
- Delivered online via Training Peaks with weekly coach monitoring
- Zoom webinars during Base phase to get everyone set up well
- An awesome group of like minded swimmers!
- WhatsApp chat group to share information, ask questions, plan swims etc.
Preparation
To get the most out of this program you should be able to swim 2000m with ease at roughly 2:00 per 100m pace. In the 8-weeks before this program begins you should be swimming 2-3 times per week doing 2000-3000m per swim. There is no need to be doing more than that right now.
Need a plan to follow to get ready? We've got that covered too.
Distance Swimming is our new option this year.
From 3k to 7k - you decide!
The further you go, the more adventure swims you can join:
Jug Island, Kits to Jericho, Twin Islands Swim Camping, Spanish Banks Shoreline Swim and our 4-day summer swim camp.
As well as the following open water swim events:
The Coho Swim 3k
Kits Challenge 3k
Canada Day Challenge 4k
IRONMAN 4k
Kalamalka Lake 4.5k
Kits Challenge 6k
Rattlesnake Island 7k
The baby brother to our Marathon Swimming group.
A half-marathon, if you like.
A marathon swim is 10km or longer and we are fortunate
to have several events to train for in BC right now.
Let us help you get ready for marathon events such as:
Around The Bay Challenge 10k
Skaha Lake Ultra 12k
Christina Lake 18k / 36k
This six month program consists of two training phases.
Phase one will be the same as the distance group.
Phase two we start building to your race specific distance.
You might need to increase to swimming 4, 5 or even 6x per week,
steadily increasing distance and developing open water experience,
finishing with a taper phase as we approach race day.
our swim guides
Christine
Christine
Christine
I started swimming with Stewart as part of my preparation for my first Sprint triathlon back in 2017. Since then I have competed 3 sprint, 3 Olympic, 3 half Ironman and soon to be 2x Ironman Canada! I was on the VOWSA board in a variety of positions, most notably VP during the COVID years. After planning and several
adventure swims with f
I started swimming with Stewart as part of my preparation for my first Sprint triathlon back in 2017. Since then I have competed 3 sprint, 3 Olympic, 3 half Ironman and soon to be 2x Ironman Canada! I was on the VOWSA board in a variety of positions, most notably VP during the COVID years. After planning and several
adventure swims with friends I realized just how much fun you can have doing cool trips while swimming and now I really enjoy helping others achieve their big goals.
Alex
Christine
Christine
I started swimming with Stewart as part of my preparation for my first Sprint triathlon back in 2012. Since then I accomplished many triathlons, running, and swim races including Ironman Canada, two ITU Long Distance triathlons. Recently I shifted my focus to long-distance swimming and have now finished the Skaha Lake 12k Ultra Swim three
I started swimming with Stewart as part of my preparation for my first Sprint triathlon back in 2012. Since then I accomplished many triathlons, running, and swim races including Ironman Canada, two ITU Long Distance triathlons. Recently I shifted my focus to long-distance swimming and have now finished the Skaha Lake 12k Ultra Swim three times and crossed Bosphorus Channel from Asia to Europe. More recently I have been helping with planning and guiding Swim Smart open water adventures.
Stephen
Christine
Stephen
Stephen gained confidence and fell in love with open water swimming with the help of Coach Stewart’s program while training for his first Ironman in 2015. He is a chronic masters swimmer and has honoured his core value of freedom to explore by participating in many open water swim camps in the Adriatic, Red and South China Seas, the Persi
Stephen gained confidence and fell in love with open water swimming with the help of Coach Stewart’s program while training for his first Ironman in 2015. He is a chronic masters swimmer and has honoured his core value of freedom to explore by participating in many open water swim camps in the Adriatic, Red and South China Seas, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman (in addition to his long distance cycling adventures). Stephen is a certified National Waterfront Lifeguard with the Royal Canadian Lifesaving Society and looks forward to supporting your experience in a good, safe and fun way.