Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year!

It's almost the end of 2011 and we are already half way through our season! The month of December has been an interesting and fun filled month. We had our 1st ever camp held at SIM Ulu Pandan Campus, had our Xmas BBQ cum potluck celebration and supporting our friends at UOL pageant at Zouk!

During the camp, we got the opportunity to do dragon boat and pilates other than just plain swimming and running! It was great to see everyone enjoying themselves throughout the camp and we appreciate all who came for the camp. At Ben's place, we had delicious food contributed by everyone and we would like to thank the BBQers and people who contributed! We had a fun time doing our Xmas gift exchange.... snatching each other's gift... and Austin's $10 note was seriously OMG!

I believe that over the course of the season (especially the month of December), the club has come a lot closer. The camp, training sessions, cohesion, has bonded everyone and this has improved the culture of the club. Although there has been improvements... there are still areas to be further refined in order for the club to move to greater heights.

It is per say, that it was fate that brought us all together in this club, pursuing our individual interests (be it for healthy lifestyle or for excellence/perfection), and for the EXCO to lead all of you through the season. As much as we would love to improve the many aspects of the club, we are limited by the time that we have to accomplish all these task. Which means we are only able to do certain things in the club's adolescence phase. There will be different challenges and tasks faced at different stages.... and we believe that we managed them well and are on the right track!

We will be training for Singapore Biathlon 2012 which will fall on 3rd March 2012. That leaves us only 2 more months to train for it. Remember to train hard and safe towards the built up to the race! This will ensure that we remain injury-free and enjoy doing Aquathlon!

Let's turn up the heat and let the competition begin! :)

SIM Sports Award Night 2011

Congratulations to Team Aquathlon for clinching our first ever Team Merit Award!

It is a great honour that the Team's efforts and achievements are being recognised by SIM. Being only a 2 year old club, this is definitely a milestone to celebrate. Wei Hoong and I hope that the club will achieve greater heights in years to come. Congrats to all who got individual awards too! And to those who did not, don't fret! Your time will come soon.

Keep it up Aquathletes! The best is yet to be!

Mental Skills Workshop

We recently attended Mental Skills Workshop conducted by Mr Edgar Tham. We learnt about how important mental toughness was and how it is possible to fix our thoughts in order to achieve greater sporting heights. Setting of goals, playing mind tricks, cue words, self talk, imaginary etc..

Here are some of my views...

I believe SIM Aquathlon Team is definitely capable of achieving more with a positive attitude and enthusiasm while remaining calm, composed and humble at all times.

This is a sport with no age limit. Anyone is able to do this sport as long as they are able to swim and run. It does not matter if you can perform both disciplines well or just adequately.

The most important thing is to enjoy Aquathlon as a sport for life!

Into the monsoon season

Swim and run training has been constantly affected by the unpredictable weather these days. This can't be help as we are now in the year end monsoon season...

Training at UWC has been good so far. The whole swimming pool to ourselves, plenty of equipment for our training... really a great environment! On top of that, we are now saving our $1 entrance fees (some of you saved your $0.50... tsk tsk).

Our training sessions at the swimming pool are more focused now compared to the times at Clementi Swimming Complex. Program is written clearly on the white board which allows everyone to know what is the training program for the evening. Lesser talking during intervals are a good sign that everyone is getting more focused as well as putting in more effort during swim training.

A lot of last minute changes has been done prior to the start of run training lately due to the crazy weather. Coach and EXCO had to work out the contingency plan and at times make crucial judgement based on our intuition and experience. Safety is our number 1 priority! Therefore we hope that you guys understand and respect the decisions we make!

It is great to see many of you improve on your run with the constant training you have been putting in. Dannel, Josephine, Wai Chong, Mei Yan, just to name a few, are improving on your run. On a separate note, do train with enough sensibility and be safe.. don't be like me kena shin splint.. and in the end have to stop running and it will be another uphill task.

We also celebrated Ben's birthday after one of our training! We wish him a happy belated birthday once again!

All the best to those running marathon this weekend!

14th Nov Swim

Warm Up: 400m Drills

Main: 5 x 200m (4")

Free kick 10 x 50m (1"30)

Free sprints 10 x 50m

Warm Down 200m

Total: 2700m

16th Nov Run

Warm up : Ez run to Rifle Range Road.
Main : 400m x 8 with 400m downslope recovery.
Ez run back.
Total Mileage : approx 8.8km.

21st Nov Swim

Warm Up : FR 400m
Main : {100m (2') , 200 (4') } x 8
Kicks : 50m x 8 (FR and BR) (1'30)
Warm Down : 200m

23rd Nov Run

Indoor interval trainings.
2.4km Time Trial.
Total : 3400m

Brick Training and Run

800m swim and 5km run was done on our Monday's brick training. Yet another great turn out and we appreciate everyone's attending on a public holiday.

We tried running at the Rifle Range Road for our run training. It was a refreshing change from the usual route at the canal. It was a little dark but other than that, it was still a pretty good training!

Next week training will be a UWC. Look forward to seeing you guys!

Let's Push!

This week's training was pushed up a notch. We completed 3500m for swim and a 8km run training. Fun and games are now a popular item in our training these few weeks. I must say that the 8x50m sprints were really demanding and the 8km was done with such breeze!

Mini race will be coming up soon so I hope that all of you will be preparing to do your best for your team!

<<< Swim Training on 31st Oct 2011 >>>
Warm Up - 400m Drills.
Main - FR 150m x 10 (3')
FR Kick - 50m x 10 (1'30)
Endurance - FR 500m (50m fast and 500 slow)
Sprint - FR 50m x 8 (1'45)
Warm down - 200m
Total = 3500m

<<< Run Training on 2nd Nov 2011 >>>
Warm Up - 400m
Main - 600 x 10 (3'30) with 200m recovery walk or jog.
Touch rubgy.
Warm down.
Total : 8000m.

Swim Video and Brick Training

It was our second last training at Clementi Swimming Complex. Coach took the opportunity to show us how top swimmers execute their flawless technique through some video clips. The sharing session was an eye opener for some as it gives them a better perspective of how better and efficient swimming strokes are suppose to be. 2 relay teams competed against one another wearing a t-shirt. It was fun to see everyone struggling with the "transition" of passing the t-shirt to the next swimmer.

Brick training was held on Deepavali and it was really good to see such a good turn out once again. The hot sun and high tide was a perfect combination for an amazing swim and run at Sentosa. Everyone slapped on a thick layer of sun block lotion before heading out to sea to block the harmful sun rays, and for the other not so obvious reason of warding off sea bug bites. The sight of the guys wearing our striking tri tops was just beautiful. Training officially ended and the morning continued with volleyball at the beach!

Swim Training on 24th Oct

Warm Up: 400m Drills

Main: (100m - 200m - 300m - 400m) x 2

FUN: Relay with T-Shirt

Total: 2450m

Brick Training on 26th Oct

EZ Swim of 200m with sighting

800m Swim followed by 5km run.

Fun Training Week!

Coach introduced the "fun" factor in our trainings for the week. It was a good change from the usual training sessions which we have been used to doing. This is possible as we are in our lull period now.. and doing other activities can help spice up our training!

It was also great to see many of you turn up despite the unpredictable weather on Wednesday.. fortunately the EXCO made the right decision and we definitely enjoyed the training!

I think we should totally do more of this wheelbarrow swim, sprinting and captains ball! :)

<<< Swim Training on 17th Oct 2011 >>>

Warm Up : 400m drills

Main : 20 x 100m FR (2') (2.30)

EZ : 200m BR

Sprints : 10x 50m (1st 25m BR followed by FR)

FUN : Wheelbarrow 100m

Warm Down : 200m (Any stroke except FR)

Total = 3300m.

<<< Run Training on 19th Oct 2011 >>>

Warm Up : 800m EZ

Main : 10 x 400m (Main pack 2' with 1min rest interval) (Chasing pack 3' with
1min R.I)

: Main pack EZ 400m, 300m, 200m, 100m

FUN games : Buddy pull and sprint, Captains Ball.

Warm down

Total Milegae : 5800m and 4800m.

Long Run in a Long While

Had a usual long run today of 7.2km. Of which 4.8km was the higher intensity portion along the canal. It was great to see that a lot of you guys have improved and were able to clock good times at a comfortable pace.

Calisthenics was conducted by the 2 Captains.

1. Forward Lunges
2. Push ups
3. Dips
4. Crunches
5. Bridge

Attendance was excellent and we look forward to seeing you for more fun training sessions!

Keep training and you will see the results soon! :)

Back to proper training

Coach Peter is back! A lot of drills were done as well as sculling which was very different from our normal training session. It was a refreshing workout and we look forward for the next training!

Warm Up: 200m
Total Immersion Drills : 400m
Main : 800m FR (25m head up, 25m slow)
Sculling : 400m
Sprints : 10 x 50m
Warm Down : 200m.

Total = 2500m.

Running With Jason Part 2

Hi Everyone!

I hope you guys enjoyed today's training! Here's what we did:

1) Warm Up- 1 Round around track + Stretches

2) Main 1>3 sets of 60s:120s (60s of high intensity run followed by 120s of jog)

3) Main 2> 3 sets of 800m (Guys group 1: 3min-3m30s. Guys group 2: 3m30s-4m) (Ladies group 1: 3m50s-4min. Ladies group 2: 4m-4m30s)

4) Calisthenics Exercises: 3 sets of (20push ups, 20 crunches, 20 burpees) rest interval 1m-1m30s.

5) Cool down- Simple stretches.

Total Distance approx: 3.4km.

Swim Clinic Part 2

Thanks for coming down for both weeks of swim clinic. We didnt get to swim many laps and didnt get to get our heart rates up. But at least we did more kicking and breath management....

Summary for all the main T.I drills:
1. Skating
2. Spear Switch
3. Zen Switch (elbow drag)
4. Over switch (wrist drag)

If u want to practice this on your own, swim 2 laps of every drill CORRECTLY.
U can come ask any of the Exco members if you need help with the drills... for girls if you are shy.. go to your female captain.
Practiced hard and u will see the difference after a few months, or a few years.

Student Week Recruitment Drive

Thank you to all of you who came down to support us at the booth!

We will contact you soon for training. Stay tuned!

Running With Jason

Hi all, I hope you guys had enjoyed last evening's training. Here's what you guys did:

1) Warm up: 2 rounds around track and some stretching exercises.

2) Main 1: 4 sets of (30:60s)-30s of HARD RUN (90% Max Heart Rate) followed by 60s of easy run.

3) Main 2: 2 sets of 3X400m- RUN:REST ratio between 400m intervals is 1:1. RUN:REST ratio between sets is 2:1.

4) Calisthenics: 3 sets of push up, abs exercise and FINALE item Burpees :)

5) Cool Down: Simple stretches.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

a. MHR- Maximum Heart Rate= 220-(age) beats per min.

b. 60-70% of MHR: Effective Fats burning zone with duration of exercise ranging from 30-45mins.

c. 80-90% of MHR: anaerobic threshold zone, increase anaerobic threshold zone where you can feel the 'burn', ie, going HARD for 5k run at near race pace.

d. 90-100% of MHR: Increases max sprint speed can last for only a few mins at at time, ie, Interval training, all out high intensity runs.

e.Glycemic Index (GI): A measure of how quickly the body metabolises carbohydrates. Food with high GI cause a spike in blood glucose level. High GI foods don't last and is followed by energy lull. So you actually get HUNGRY MORE and want to eat MORE, making it HARDER to lose fat. Eating meal that have a low GI will make you feel less craving. You control your food cravings by satisfying your body rather than soley by will-power!

Low GI foods: Whole wheat bread, brown rice, oats, apples, pears.
High GI foods: Corn flakes, glutinous rice, french fries, mashed potato, white bread, watermelon, pretzels, donuts, scones.

Thank you for reading and STUDY HARD!!

See you guys soon :D

Swim Clinic Part 1

After 1 week of break, it was great to see all of you come down for the swim clinic.

Total Immersion Drills were taught this week and I hope that you guys had fun learning them.

Continue practicing and you will get better! Look forward to seeing you guys next week for Part 2!

T.I Drills:

1. Superman Glide
2. Core Balance Flutter
3. Skating with Sweet Spot breathing
4. Spear Switch

SUniG Results

Hurray to our SIM Aquathlon SUniG Team!

The Women's and Men's team performed exceptionally well to clinch Gold and Bronze respectively.

Cassandra completed the race in 45min and 49sec to win the silver.

We would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all the supporters and volunteers who came down to cheer for the competitors!

3 cheers for SIM Aquathlon! HIP HIP HURRAY!!!

Men's Team

Women's Overall Champion

Awesome Supporters!

Pre Race Preparation

Hi everyone! did you guys enjoy the tapering sessions this week? do feel free to go for some light runs and swims on your own if u want. do not be worried for the race as we have prepared well for the race. just have fun during the race!

I remember saying that if you get a stitch while running due to drinking too much water prior to race, you will keep recalling wei hoong's speech. I didn't really meant that way. Because errors and mistakes are inevitable during races, and we just aim to minimize them. So if you ran off the TA without your race belt and had to run back to get it, or had a bad timing after your swim leg, or feel tired, or have a stitch. Just smile. Don't be disheartened!

Hope that u found the briefing informative for both the first timers and more experienced ones. Just to let you know, I am new to this sport. Completing my first biathlon last year. I still prefer swimming in chlorinated water and i do not enjoy swimming and running long distances. Haha. I overcome all these by enjoying the friendship, the atmosphere and looking forward to the satisfaction of completing the race.

I know that many of you are feeling nervous and not prepared. But don't be! This sport is exciting and we learn many things along the way!

Have fun. Enjoy the race.

Welcome to Aquathlon.

Swim Taper

SUniG in less than a week time and it's time to taper!

We conserved our energy and let our bodies stretch and glide through 40 laps!

Finishing off with some short sprints to get our body in tune for race day.

Swim Training: 12th Sept

WU - Swim FR 200m, BR 200m.
Main - 1000m x 2
- 25m x 8 Sprints.
WD - 200m.
TOTAL = 2800m.

1 More Week to SUniG!!!

Floating plastic bags.

Checked.

Rubbish on shoreline.

Checked.

Lumps of oil slick.

Checked.

Stained Tri-Tops/Shoes/Body.

Checked.

We swam through all these rubbish and survived! The waves were huge and the current changed constantly. I hope that 2 weeks of training in unfriendly current and weather will prepare us well for the race next week!

Swim was cut short and the run was cut to about 5km due to the bad weather. The guys tried out our brand new tri tops! Unfortunately we have to swim through oil slick... which some of us got our suits stained and our body covered in a layer of oil.

Nonetheless it was still a great training session!

The Exco would also like to wish Wai Chong a happy belated birthday once again! Your attitude is indeed commendable and we really appreciate you took time to come for training even on your birthday. Thanks Wai Chong!

Look forward to tapering next week Aquathletes! Cya next week!

9.5km Run

Awesome training guys! We completed 9.5km ahead of race day in approximately 55min. That's including waiting for all the traffic lights... the stop over at the U-turn point... and the stop over at the starting point. Which means that we definitely clocked a time faster than that!

Give a pat on your shoulders guys!

One more week to race day! Take good care of yourselves! Watch what you eat, how much you sleep, visualise the race, hydrate yourselves well.

We are tapering next week. Training will be rather relaxing. But don't get all so hyper and waste your energy chasing each other around during training or indulging yourselves in other sporting activities such as soccer, badminton, tennis, frisbee etc.

Save the energy for race day!

I am saying all these because i have seen it happened before....

Lastly and most importantly, keep yourselves injury-free and get treatment if needed.

See you guys for our last bricks training on Saturday!

Be there or be square.

5th Sept Training

Huge turnout today and it was great seeing all of you once again!

I encourage that all of you will continue attending training sessions even after SUniG, as we strive to be faster, better and healthier. At the same time we can enjoy the awesome friendships and have fun in our awesome Aquathlon Family!

Swim Training: 5th Sept

Warm Up - FR 200m
Time Trial - 750m.
MAIN - 100m x 15 (2")
25m x 8
Warm Down - 75m

Total = 2925m

We Made It

Hurray! We survived 4 training sessions this week! Give a pat on your shoulders guys! Job well done!

Choppy waves, crazy ass currents, disgusting rubbish in the sea. We have experienced it all. The swim was an "interesting" one and we are glad that everyone took it well. Fortunately none of us swam to the the new creation church area. It would have been hilarious!

The 7.2km run was great. Everyone initially followed diligently... but at the return leg.. many decided to break away! We hope all of you are familiarized with the route as it will help you plan how you are gonna tackle to run course on race day.

Hope all of you enjoyed the training as much as the Exco did. Thank you all for making the way down to ECP on public holiday and on Saturday. It is indeed heartwarming to see all of you coming down for trainings!

Keep it up Aquathletes! See you for training next week! :)

18 Rounds Around the Track. Wait.. it was only 17 Rounds??

What a tiring session! Well done to all who completed the distance of 6.8km on Wednesday! Except for Zy and Ben who did the correct distance of 7.2km as planned.. all thanks to... Mr. J

Results has been posted on the Facebook group.. so please do take a look at them.

Training continued with different variations of push up and sit up exercises.

Cool down exercises was led by Daniel followed by Mr. J additional stretches for our tired legs.

Upcoming training on Saturday 12pm ECP is still on and bring a singlet/t-shirt to swim in. This is to simulate the PFD we will wear during the race.

Call one of the Exco members if you will be late!

Thank you!

2nd Open Water Training

It was great to see so many familiar faces coming down on a public holiday! Appreciate all of you coming down for training!

The weather was kind to us and we managed to get a feel of swimming at ECP (thank you all who prayed for good weather). It wasn't as choppy... so now lets pray for extremely choppy water this Saturday! Get a feel of swimming in bad currents.. will be excellent training for everyone.

Training today was not that tough... so give it your best for tomorrow's run training! Take 2 days of rest and it will be another round of training at ECP!

We would also like to thank Jina for giving us lock laces.

Bricks Training: 30th August

Swim 650m
Practise Tranisition
Run 3.5km

Sprint Training

Training without Ally was definitely much better wasn't it?? :p

Swim Training: 29th August

W.U - FR 200m
Main - 30min continous swim + run.
10 x 100 (2.30')
Fun relay .

Training at East Coast Park - Bougainvillea Garden

Hi Aquathletes! Brick training will be on as scheduled tomorrow. Training will start SHARPLY at 1030am. It will be 2 hours long but it may end later, taking into consideration showering, lunch and the time taken to get out of ECP. Therefore please plan your after training appointments carefully!

If you are travelling by public transport, meet us at 10am Bedok MRT station. We will share a taxi to the training site.

If you are driving down or have your own transport arrangement, meet at Car Park F2 at 1015am.

Bring your shoes, swim suit, shades, sun block, cap, water, and everything you need for training!

Lastly... Pray for good weather!

1st Open Water Training at Sentosa

Thank you guys and gals for attending our training at Sentosa! It was indeed heartening to see most of you there. Keep this up and we will soar to greater heights!

Next week training will be on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. We all know it is twice the normal frequency we are gonna train... but HANG IN THERE!

Remember to stretch those tired muscles and you will be just fine!

Bricks Training: 27th August

Swim approx 750m. Run approx 4.5km.
Practise sighting again 2 x 100m.

Open water Swim cum Training

Sat 27th August - 12pm (Introductory)(Sentosa)
Tues 30th August - 10.30am (Swim + transition + Run) (East Coast)
Sat 3rd Sept - 12pm (Swim + transition + Run) (East Coast)
Sat 10th Sept - 12pm (Swim + transition + Run) (East Coast)

Compulsory items - Swim caps, goggles, water ( I will bring my 100plus concentrate), sun bloack,caps, shades, running shoes + socks. can someone bring the army groundsheet which is waterprooof ? (In case it rains, we can use that to cover our belongings)
Did i miss out anything?

-Coach Peter

Training will start SHARPLY at those times stated above.

Guys and Gals, please reach HALF AN HOUR before all the 4 open water training. This will allow us to have sufficient time to get changed and do our stretching exercises.

Please meet at:

Sat 27th Aug - Meet 11.30am at Vivo Sentosa Express (Outside Food Republic on 3rd Floor)

Tues 30th August - 10.00am (East Coast)
Sat 3rd Sept - 11.30am (East Coast)

Sat 10th Sept - 11.30am (East Coast)

Exact training venue for the sessions at East Coast will be confirmed later.

Do call any of the exco members if you need to ask anything!

Looking forward to see all of you there!!!

Reflection on 24th Run Session

Truly glad to have 23 runners for yesterday. I should say this is indeed a record number of students in a single run. Not forgetting to motivate and encourage the weaker runners. See ya on Sat.

-Coach Peter

Run Training: 24th August

Distance: 7.86km

Core workout + Pushups

Land Training on 24th August

Hi guys!
Please meet at SIM gym first at 1915 to deposit your bags and valuables. We will flag off for a long run at 1930. Please inform Allister or Wei Hoong if you're coming so that we'll be able to wait for you in case you're held up. Have a great run! :)

3 more weeks to SUniG!

It was a fantastic session today. Great to see everyone swimming hard although the program was tough! Big thank you to our sister club SIM Lifesaving Club for giving us an extra lane today! Really appreciate it Michael.

Swim Training: 22nd August

Warm Up - FR 200m Swim (Alternate Breathing). FR 200m (1 arm pull. up on left and down on right)
Main - Fr 400 (8'), 300m (6') x 4 sets.
Sprints - 25m x 8.
Warm Down - 75m.

Total = 3475m.

Sizing charts for Men's tri top and tri bottom

Dear all, please click on the following links for the sizing chart:

Tri Top - http://www.champ-sys.com.sg/media/file/SIZING/Men%20Trit.pdf

Tri- Bottom - http://www.champ-sys.com.sg/media/file/SIZING/Men%20Short.pdf

This is IMPORTANT. For those who NEED to buy or intend to buy, we will need your sizes by THUR 18 AUG 9PM LATEST!!! Please email us your sizes to aquathlon@clubs.sim.edu.sg.

For your information, the Tri top is our Race Attire for any future competitions. It costs $64.

IF you do not have a Tri bottom, you may wish to purchase the matching one at $65. Do note that the purchase of the bottom is optional.

Thank you.

Running without lights

The attendance for training today was very good! Keep it up with this training attitude and we will improve in no time.

Combination of running and chin ups and core work out.

Run Training: 17th August

Warm Up : 800m

Main : 400 (2'30)(3'30) , 800m (4')(6') x 4 . 10 pull up and working on core.

Total: 5.6km

Swim training

Dear all,

Swim training as usual tomorrow Monday 15th August, 7pm at Clementi Swimming Complex. See you there! Please inform your respective coordinators if you can't make it.

Thanks!

Run Time Trial

Well done everyone who did the 2.4km time trial and the run training!

Good work to all new comers as well as the existing members who put in great effort during the training.

Run Training: 10th August

2.4km time trial (results to be released at a later date)

10 x 400m

Game of Dog and Bone! (Well done WH)

Total: 6.4km

RUn Run run!

Dear all,

We would like to welcome all the newcomers to our club. It was great meeting some of you over at Clementi Swimming complex on Monday. To those who have earlier missed out on the swim trial, please don't worry, we are glad to inform you that we have arranged for another swim trial happening next Monday 15th August. Do join us then!

Run training is on. Track work at our usual place. So see you all at 7pm. Kindly reply your respective coordinators on your attendance.

Should the weather turn bad before training, we may have to shift training to indoor premises. Once again, we will contact you via SMS so please keep a lookout.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing all of you soon!

Swim Time Trial

We welcome our freshman to their first SIM Aquathlon Swim Training!

Swim time trial of 400m was done by all new and existing members (the results will be out soon).

Training resumed after the time trial

Swim Training: 8th Aug

Warm Up: 200m

Time trial: 400m

Main: 200m (5min), 300m (7min), 400m (9min), 200m (5min), 300m (7min)

5x50m Relay

Total: 2050m

Staircase Running + Gym Workout

Unpredictable weather forced us to train indoors.

Run Training: 3rd August

SIM Gym

1. Treadmill
   Staircase Running
2. Chin Up
   Staircase Running
3. Leg Press
   Staircase Running
4. Sit Ups
   Staircase Running
5. Biceps Curls
   Staircase Running
6. Stationary Bicycle
   Staircase Running
   

• Above exercises done twice

Followed by Staircase Running from 1st floor to 3rd floor, then 3rd to 4th, ending off with 4th to 1st floor.

YOU ARE INVITED!

Hi!

To all those who have signed up at our booth during the recruitment drive, we are inviting you to join us in our swim training this coming Monday, the 8th August 2011 at Clementi Swimming Complex. Please be there by 7pm for a briefing. We will then kickstart with a mandatory swim trial for all. Distance and timing of which will be announced that day :)

Very soon, our friendly committee member will be contacting you via SMS, so please do keep a lookout and reply with your attendance.

IF YOU FAIL TO RECEIVE THE SMS BY THIS SUN (7th AUG) 12noon, please contact either Allister or me. (Please refer to contact info for our numbers)

As for those who did not leave down your contact information, please feel free to have a splash at the pool! But kindly contact Allister or me first so we will know that we are expecting you.

What is the attire? Simply bring along your swimming gear( swimwear and goggles) and a set of clothes to change into after the session. A waterproof watch and a water bottle are essential items which you are strongly advised to bring along.

Should you have any queries, please feel free to contact us!

We look forward to seeing you.

Recruitment Drive

Thank you everyone who came by the booth the past 2 days!

We will be contacting you soon so do keep a look out!

If you have any question for us, do drop us an email at aquathlon@clubs.sim.edu.sg or text/call Jason or Allister.

We will see u soon!

Swimming Stroke Correction

Coach Peter did a video recording stroke correction session today. It was definitely a good opportunity for us to improve on our strokes under the guidance of Coach. Swim strokes were recorded before and after stroke correction was done. Some of us showed big improvement while some was just a little.

Nonetheless, we will keep practicing while keeping in mind the pointers which Coach told us.

For those who have not gotten their chance for stroke correction, pls do your stroke correction next week! Do smile and don't act shy in front of the camera when saying your name :)

Practice makes Perfect.

Swim Training: 1st Aug Monday

W.U - FR kick 200m , FR pull 200m
MAIN -FR 50m (1'), 100 (2'15), 150 (3'15) , 200m (4'15) x 4 sets
FR 50m x 10 (1'15)
FR 25m x 10 ('45)
W.D - EZ 100m.
TOTAL = 3250m

Clocking Mileage

This is our first long run as a team this season! It was at a comfortable running pace, clocking up the necessary mileage for our SUniG race of 7km! We actually exceeded that which was excellent!

Good job guys!

Daniel Ma, we wanna see you at every run training! U make our running training great :)

Run Training- 27th July Wed

Distance: 7.86km

Time: 52.15min

Stretching Exercises

Swim Training

Love to see you guys coming back for more swimming!

I just love SWIMMING. Don't U??

Swim Training- 25th July Monday

WU - Swim FR 200m
KIck FR 200m
Pull FR 200m
Main - Swim 200m x5 (4'30 to 5"
(After eah set, go EZ 100m BR kick)
- FR pull 100 x 5m ((3)
- Sprint 25m x 8 (1"). (After each 25m, swim eZ 25M)
WD - 150m.

Total = 3200m

1st Run Training Session of 2011/2012 Season

It was our first run training in a longgggggg time!

Well done everyone for putting in great effort and showing us that U still have it in U!!

Do come for our run trainings as we are "incomplete without U"! :P

Run Training - 20th July Wed

WU: Stretching and 400m run.
Main: 4 X 400m , 4 x 400m with 100m EZ (2'30)
3 x 800m (4 - 5'00)
WD: 400m
Total = 7200m

1st Training Session of 2011/2012 Season

Hi Aquathletes!!

We are glad to have Coach Peter teaming up with SIM Aquathlon in our brand new season! It is gonna be an exciting and fulfilling season for all of us, now that there is a coach to mentor and train us up for races!

Here is our 1st training session.

Swim training - 18th July Monday

Warm Up: 400m

Main: 10 x 100m (2'30) (60% to 80%)
EZ 50m
5 x 200m ('5) (60% to 90%)
8 x 25m (Breath control) and EZ 25m back. (60%)
Warm Down: 125m
Total : 2975m

OSIM Triathlon 2011

Congratulations to those who took part in OSIM Int'l Triathlon 2011! Thank you Desmond for all the great pics!

CCA Recruitment Drive

Dear all,

There will be a CCA recruitment drive happening this Monday and Tuesday (1st and 2nd August) at the Annex Building SIM HQ Level 1 from 11am to 3pm.

Like before, our club will be setting up a booth there to recruit new members. So do pop by during your free time. Ryan will soon be contacting you guys on your booth duties. So please furnish him with the relevant details that he needs.

See you guys there!

To those taking part in OSIM Triathlon this Sunday, see you guys there as well! Remember to gather for a group pic before and after the race :)

Cheers.. Wei Hoong