PRE-EVENT SWIM CAMPS

What is a Pre-event camp?

A mix of pool coaching sessions, open water practice on segments of the course, seminars, and individual consultations

  • Practice and refine your open water skills (drafting, navigation etc.)

  • Develop your overall strategy for the event

  • Plan your daily swim tactics

  • Includes one optional pre-event Swim Mentoring session with your coach (via Zoom)

    The perfect lead up to your UltraSwim 33.3 event in Croatia or Montenegro. Limited to 20 swimmers.

YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE OUR SWIM CAMP IF ONE (OR MORE?) OF THESE APPLY TO YOU?

  • You’re NEW to UltraSwim 33.3 and want that extra boost of knowledge and preparation right before the event to help your confidence about what is coming up!

  • You’ve already done an UltraSwim 33.3, so you know the event, but you want to take the opportunity to hone your skills and be fully focused in on the event

  • You want to improve your knowledge on nutrition for a multi-day event with our experts from PRECISION FUEL and HYDRATION - and a great chance to test their products if you haven’t before the event.

  • You want a tune up of your technique, giving you a focus for the event on what to try to maintain even when you are getting tired

  • You’ve done lots of pool swimming, but not sure how to adapt your technique in different open water conditions.

  • You will really benefit from a pre-event full mind and body check from our experts - you’ve maybe a niggling injury that you’d also like to get checked out to see how to prevent it becoming more of a pain!

  • You want to spend some extra quality time at the event, with amazing people!

#7CROATIA

Two day dedicated preparation camp immediately before #7 lead by Marieke Blomme and supported by world class experts from coaching, nutrition, physio

HOSTED BY Marieke Blomme

The preparation camp is lead by Ultra swimmer Marieke Blomme, who set the overall record along the Belgian coast line (67km) and swam Lake Geneva (70km) . Co Founder of the Belgian Coast Swim (16km), and OSC (the only open water sea swim club in Belgium)

Co-organiser - Stephanie Smet

Sailor, skipper, cold water swimmer, official - Stephanie has experience in all aspects of open water swimming and will show you how you can tackle this course like a pro.

Stephanie is also co founder of the Belgian Coast Swim (16km), and OSC (the only open water sea swim club in Belgium) and made the track for the record swim along the Belgian coast!

#10MONTENEGRO

Two day dedicated preparation camp immediately before #10 led by Simon Griffiths, founder of Outdoor Swimmer magazine and supported by world class experts from coaching, nutrition, physio.

HOSTED BY SIMON GRIFFITHS

Simon’s mission is to help people make the most of the water. He's the founder and publisher of Outdoor Swimmer magazine and the author of Swim Wild & Free: A Practical Guide to Swimming Outdoors 365 Days a Year. In 2025 he launched Renaissance Swimmer, a new project to inspire people to embrace the full range of swimming activities, from winter dipping and wild swimming to pool racing and marathon swimming. In addition, he offers one-to-one swimming development support through Swim Mentoring.

Simon was part of the team that created the STA's International Open Water Coach course. He swims year-round in the Thames, trains with his local masters club, races in the pool and open water, and does the occasional swimrun too.