Emma Brunning - Active Blu

 Active Blu Training Day. Since arriving in Perth I have been surrounded by a core of very committed Open Water Swimmers and Triathletes, training in the pools, ocean and rivers. Swimming in Australia is a way of life and you find very few people that do not hold a passion for the sport. One of the largest swim events held in Western Australia is the Rottnest Channel Swim , this is a 20km swim from Cottoesloe Beach and finishes in Thompson Bay, Rottnest Island. This event can be taken part in as a team, duo or solo, but which ever you decide to do takes commitment, training and courage.  Cottesloe Beach - The Start of the Rottnest Swim. Swimming in some of the most Shark infested waters in Australia, the event crosses the channel where these big fish are most prevalent. The depth of the channel only reaches a little over 20 meters and due to the waters remaining warm, it also attracts all sorts of interes...

It is 2013, time for a new start and to get back into the pool.   Many of us may have already made resolutions this year, now it’s time to make one to improve your swimming?   Perth - Claremont Pool Let’s start with working out exactly where you are with your swimming by performing a  Critical Swim Speed (CSS) Time Trial.  Now try not to worry, we are just testing your current maintainable swim pace over 1500m. Basically we are going to get you to swim two timed swims, 1 x 400m and 1x 200m. The 400m swim approximately assesses your current aerobic or endurance capacity whereas the shorter 200m swim looks more closely at your anaerobic or sprint ability. Some people by way of physiology or type of training they have been doing perform better at sprint-based events, however, to be truly proficient in endurance events it is your aerobic capacity that we trying to target and develop with CSS training. The maths used to calculate your CSS p...