English Channel Swim Training Plan. The majority of swimmers use commercial energy drinks, sometimes at double strength, alongside occasional treats such as jelly babies. From the first weekend in may onwards, everyone trying to swim the channel each year starts to train in the sea, usually in dover harbour (dover is the nearest point in the uk to france and the nearest port to the start point of most channel attempts).
On july 11th kim howard, the president of the south end rowing club and the captain of my solo english channel swim team arrived in london. These pool training sessions are exclusively available for swim england members. I travel a lot for work but pick hotels based on either having a lap pool or proximity to a lap pool.