Swim Smooth Episode 25 - Big Rick's Chicks Break English Channel World Record!
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Sep 10, 2020 Lucy Lloyd-Roach, head coach at Swim Smooth Manchester and a British Masters champion, leads a talented team including marathon swimmer Melanie Holland, British Masters champion Claire Thorne, and Ironman competitor Sarah Hempenstall. They successfully broke the world record as the first all-female English Channel medley relay team. The guests share insights on their training, the challenges of nighttime swimming, and emotional moments during the crossing, including encounters with sea wildlife and the camaraderie that drove them to triumph.
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Wearables Close The Coaching Loop
- Wearable devices and wrist sensors can close the feedback loop by capturing real swim data for coaching.
- Swim Smooth's new app aims to analyse stroke and training load automatically and give usable coaching tips in real time.
Make Tech Easy To Use
- Keep technology simple and coach-like: make devices give clear, immediate tips without requiring deep maths knowledge.
- Design tools so swimmers can 'just swim' and receive actionable guidance from the wrist device.
The Medley Relay Execution
- The team swam a full medley relay across the English Channel in 12h17m, rotating every hour in strict stroke order.
- Each swimmer completed three one-hour swims and Melanie finished with backstroke into the boulder-strewn Cap Gris-Nez landing.