Swim Camp

At the end of each academic year my sports university organises Swim Camp, a popular fun event with hard, tough training and wild evening parties. The purpose is to learn and experience intense training, using fun as a motivation to get people to do what they would otherwise not stretch up for.

This year's voluntary event was held at the same sports centre where my brother got soaked every day for two summers when he worked there as a lifeguard. He told me it's a totally rad place for water lovers with a lot of swimming, wet adventure sports and wild pool parties.

What to bring

About a month before Swim Camp we all received an email with event details and a huge packing list.

I was wondering why we would need so much kit. Surely my new one piece speed suit would be enough, maybe shorts and swim shirt for the fun activities.

"You'll be surprised how many different endurance and resistance training methods there are," Felix explained, "and different clothes are worn in the water to vary the training effect. You'll love it."

Felix helped me pick the right outfit for the different training sessions and the wide water sports variety on offer.

"What shall I wear for the parties?" I asked.

"Smart casual clothes, like jeans and hoodies, or sportswear like jogging suits and such." said Felix.

"Will these clothes get wet?"

"You bet they will," he replied, "dry is not an option. These parties are wild."

We packed a big bag full of swimsuits, jogging suits, comfy sportswear, casual clothes, anoraks and ponchos, just in case there was some extra time to play around.

This swim camp might be more fun than I thought.
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