Snapshots from my training trip to Tenerife taken with my iPhone.
Month: December 2009
Tenerife Day Two
Our first day of training started with breakfast at 7 am. From there we went straight to the pool for two and a half our of swimming. It was mainly long and smooth stuff. We were really just warming up for the days to come. The water was a bit cold at first but as we were constantly moving this morning we managed to get warm after a few minutes for the rest of the workout. Although, the weather wasn’t that great (it was raining) the outside temperature was just about right with 20°C.
The thing we had to find out is that in Spain they don’t serve lunch at noon. So we were rather hungry when we finally got to have lunch at 1pm. But we’ll be better prepared with after workout snacks from now on.
Tenerife Day One
We left from Geneva airport early in the morning. Our first flight went from Geneva to Barcelona where we had an almost 3 hours layover before we took the next flight this time nonstop to Tenerife North. From there we had a bus ride of about an hour to the other end of the island to our hotel.
Copa da Natal 2009
On Sunday Dec 6th I participated at the Copa da Natal hosted by the Flippers Team Locarno at the Centro Sportivo di Tenero. We left around noon on the day before the meet to bring the 6h travel involved in getting from Geneva to Tenero behind us in a more or less stress free and comfortable manner.
Even though I felt tired because my studies kept me busy and up late many nights, I was looking forward to compete in LCM again. Finswimming is just a different beast in SCM with twice as much under water work involved. And of course in the “high-speed” events such as the 50m AP the turn slows you considerable down.
Copa da Natal 2009
Photos from the 2009 edition of the Copa da Natal organized by the Flippers Team Locarno. The meet took place at the “outdoor” pool in Tenero.
CLEANWATER
The Swiss Swimming Federation launched a project called CLEANWATER in association with the Swiss Anti Doping Agency and the Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses. The aim of this project is to intensify the collaboration between Swiss Swimming and the Swiss Anti Doping agencies as well as provide open accessible proof for clean performances of the …