• Pre-Booking essential (with waiting list if full)
• Day: Every Tuesday evening
• Time: 20:30 – 21:30 (in the pool)
• Venue: St James Swimming Pool, King’s Lynn. PE30 1NY
• Cost: £3 KLTC members, £5 non members
• The pool is 25m with a depth of 0.9m at the shallow end and 3.4m at the deep end.

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During the pandemic, pool operating restrictions meant our club's Weds morning session was moved to a Tuesday evening. There are also quite a few restrictions and guidelines we need to abide by from the BTF, Swim England, Alive St James and our own club, including:

Online Pre-Registration only, no just turning up
Health screening questionnaire during registration
Limited to a maximum of 10 swimmers
Focus on skills & Drills
No changing or locker facilities, arrive "Pool Ready"
No overtaking in the pool
Must be able to swim 100m confidently, without rest
Online prepayment option (+paypal fee)

Full details are available below.

Before we get in to the details of the session below, it is REALLY important that you understand that, while we will do everything we can to minimise them, there are risks associated with group training. Please carefully consider you own circumstances and possible impact on others around you before you sign up to a session. If you have any worries or questions, we will help in any way we can and you can contact us via email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Facebook. If it is of a personal nature, then please consider contacting This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Details of the current BTF and government guidelines can be found on our website by clicking the banner at the top of every page, or going here.

This session is one of our staple training sessions and is tailored across the year to compliment the triathlon season, especially in the build up to popular races.
During November, we went back to basics to give everyone a chance to identify their weaknesses, work on technique and get the basic right.

In this block of training, we start to build up distance and speed

Don't worry if you're still a bit rusty in the pool, we accommodate all ranges of pace, stamina and experience - we just ask that you can confidently swim 100m without rest.

What Kit will you need to bring?

While we still need to limit the amount of kit our swimmers bring poolside, our sessions make regular use of pull buoys for drills, but also fins and paddles from time to time. If you don't have a pull buoy already, they are available to buy at the pool,town and online but we do have some you can borrow and most drills are able to be performed without any kit (they can be a bit be more tiring though). We would also suggest you bring a filled named water bottle with you and ask that you do not share bottles.

You must be able to confidently swim 100m front crawl without rest and unaided

We normally welcome those struggling with front crawl with open arms but, while we can accommodate a range of swim paces, this is not a learn-to-swim session. We do hold special front crawl sessions from time to time so please let us know if you would be interested in these. In the meantime, we ask that swimmers are at least able to confidently swim 100m front crawl without rest and unaided.

Online pre-booking ONLY

As part of current operating guidelines, all swimmers MUST fill in a brief health screening questionnaire BEFORE arriving at the pool, and we need to keep a register of everyone who attended for at least 21days to assist with the Track & Trace initiative. This, alongside the restriction in numbers, means that we need to operate an online pre-booking system so that our coaches have access to everyone's details before the session, and to avoid members turning up and hanging around in the hope there is a space available. It is possible to cancel your registration online, up to the day before the session and we operate a waiting list so that if somebody does cancel, the swimmer on the top the list will be automatically offered the slot via email - we have no control of who is at the top of the list btw, it is in the order of registration. We prefer online payments at time of registering (+24p paypal fee), but if choosing to pay in person, PLEASE BRING EXACT CHANGE.

Arrival at the pool

If possible, please shower and use your own toilet before heading to the pool and arrive 5-10mins before the session begins and head to the viewing area where the coach(es) will welcome you and have a brief chat if it is your first time in the pool with us, or if you have any concerns. Pool access has now through the normal entrance and both lockers and changing facilities are available. If you can, please still arrive "Pool Ready" with your swimwear already on and under your clothes and bring a small waterproof bag to store your dry clothes poolside (we are swimming by the windows so have use of the benches). Remember to maintain social distancing throughout, the session must start promptly and sadly is still less chance to chat with your clubmates before, during and after the session while in the building. Outdoor shoes are no longer premitted in the changing area or poolside.

Exiting the pool

We have access to changing facilities and showers again but as with rest of the session, please remember to socially distance and avoid hanging around or chatting until you are outside and away from the pool, especially as the pool staff try to shut promptly but are too polite to chuk us out.

After the Session

If you, or someone you have been in close contact with either develops Covid-19 symptoms are told to self-isolate, please make the club aware by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The content of the email will be trated in the stricted confidence.

King's Lynn Triathlon Club are not involved in the organisation of this event but it has been added to our calendar because it may be interesting to our members. Please click on the link above to the official organiser's event page for full details and let us know if we have made a mistake in this listing.