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September 1st, 2010
Join me and Swimstars on Tenerife!
Join me on one of my camps together with other swimmers from all over the world in all ages and levels! We will have several camps on Tenerife the next couple of months and I hope one of them will fit your schedule and wishes. I coach in English, German and Scandinavian.
October: 11th to 17th. International Masters & Youth Camp. All levels.
October: 22nd to 24th. Göteborg, Sweden. Weekend camp for Masters. Cost: 1150 Swedish Crowns
October: 25th to 31st. International Youth Camp
November: 1st to 7th. International Masters and Youth Camp – All levels.
November: 19th to 21st. Göteborg, Sweden Weekend Camp for Masters. Cost 1150 Swedish Crowns
November: 27th to December 5th. International Masters Camp – All levels.
Prices: 675,00 Euro in Triple Apartment, full board. 755,00 euro in Double Apartment, full board and 875,00 in Single Apartment, full board. Accompanying persons (not training) pay only between 224,00 Euro and 312,00 Euro for the week depending on full board or not and how many persons in apartment
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August 30th, 2010
Having fun learning to swim with SwimStars
We are finally starting up again with our popular Swimstars courses after the summer break. Many children have practised and swum during their vacations this past summer and are eager to show what can. The aim is of course to take more SwimStars and learn to swim better and better. But also have fun doing it. The youngest (2,5 – 4 year old) doing the “Wassergewöhnung” are trying to take the Green, Turquois and Blue SwimStars and the oldest (7-10 year old) are doing freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and are even trying butterfly! The courses take place Saturdays (from 16.30) and Sundays (from 14.00) in the Turmwegschule near Rothenbaumchaussee. There are still a few palces left so if you are interested send us an email: christiansen@swimstars.de
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August 10th, 2010
World Champion (50m freestyle) Anders Kilen from Copenhagen with Line Lund
World Champ (50m freestyle & 50m breaststroke, Agegroup35+) Timo Nolte, Germany with girlfriend Coco
Lisa Broadfield USA (Agegroup 30+) won several titles in Göteborg
Margit Ohlsson (65), Sweden broke the worldrecords in the 50-100-200 Backstroke and also won the 200IM!
The USG Copenhagen Relay team won 4 x 50m Medley and 4 x 50m Freestyle
Swimstars instructor wins Gold! Anna Karin Lundin, Sweden (left) won 50 &100m Breaststroke. Here with Salima Bouyad, France who took a medal in the 100m Freestyle and Birgitta Olofsson who swam really well and is the Happiest swimmer around!
It is not only about winning and to our SwimStars Swimcamps swimmers from all levels are welcome to join and train. But every other year the World Masters Championships take place and we are of course very proud when swimmers who have been training at our camps the last years do well. And this year they did better than well. They swam fantastic! Congratulations! More than 20 World Championships titles, World records, Silver and Bronze medals and so many great swims and personal best from so many of “our” swimmers. It is too many to mention but for those who maybe didn´t win a medal but still swam good: Great job! Hope you had a fun experience in Göteborg and training with us in preparing for the Championships! The World Champions are our role models but they need you as much as you need them. A team consist of memebers of all ages and levels. That is what makes the team strong and fun! And I am sure that all camp members have learned something from our Camps this year – I know for sure that I have learned a lot!
Elisabeth Ketelsen (66) from Denmark, World Champion 200m freestyle
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July 24th, 2010
Coco and Anne ready to go!
Hamburg Masters girls expecting good times in Göteborg.
Only a few days before the take off to Göteborg around 30 Hamburg Masters gathered for a last training, video filming and grillparty at the Poseidonbad outdoorpool in Hamburg. Glen gave a couple of last coaching advices, answered questions about Göteborg and the competition and gave a peptalk. The atmosphere were positive and full with excitement. Everybody can´t wait to get going in Göteborg!
Hamburg Masters going to Göteborg!
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July 24th, 2010
Fit for Fun triathlete Alexander with coach Glen.
“Hi Glen, hier mein Ergebnis, war so schnell wie das letztes Jahr mit Neo.
Und das nachdem ich 2 Wochen nicht/nicht richtig trainieren konnte und erst zu 85-90% fit bin.
Schwimm: 28,53min. ohne Neo,
d.h. mit Neo wäre ich natürlich schneller gewesen 
Schwimmen ging super, hab mich ohne Neo sehr gut gefühlt, bin ganz locker angegangen und leider aus Angst viel zu locker durchgeschwommen, hatte aber ein super Rhytmus fast nur 3er Atmung. Es wäre bestimmt mehr drin gewesen, wollte aber wegen der Erkältung nicht Vollgas geben, bin ganz entspannt aus dem Wasser gekommen. Nächstes mal werde ich bestimmt schneller sein….
Vielen Dank Glen.
Gruss Alexander
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July 15th, 2010
Last swim camp before World Masters in Göteborg
The last camp in Göteborg before the World Masters Championships has gathered young and old swimmers coming to swim for a day, two or for a full week with WM ambassador and Swimstars Glen Christiansen. The swimmers are training in the morning at the main venue Valhallabadet and in the evening in the outdoor pool Lundbybadet. Video filming, speed work and the last preparations are being made. But also visits to Liseberg (the beautiful amusement park), Hard Rock Café, tours to the harbour and sightseeing and shopping.
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July 5th, 2010
Only one week after Swimstars Swim Camp on T3, Tenerife some swimmers took the advantage of all the good training and technique work and swam new best times in their home countries. In France Salima Bouyad (50) won 6 titles at the French Masters Championships winning 100m-200m-400m-800m Freestyle, 200m IM and the 3km Open Water. The 200m freestyle and 200m IM were new best times for Salima who also took the SwimStar Instructor licence on Tenerife. In Hamburg 2 x IronMan participant Rebecca Goldbach swam new best times in, for her, the short distances 50m Free (31,09) and 100m Free (1.07,05) at the 26th Poseidion Traditional swimfest.
6 time French Champion Salima Bouyad (left) with Anja Buermeister on Tenerife
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June 29th, 2010
Happy swimmers at T3!
Dinner together in the eveing sharing the days experiences and fun.
A well deserved brake in the training
Landtraining and stretching: an important part of the training.
The Backstroke lane: Lisbeth-Tina-Karl-Elisabeth
The King of sprints Anders and his 20 months pregnant Line!
The rest of the Sprint/breaststroke lane: Lonie. Anna-Karin, Uwe
The Middle distance lane (Birgitta missing): Gundi, Salima, Anja, Rebecca
Stroke analysis after swimming in the Flume
Swimming in the Flume: a mental and physical challenge
Everybody listening very attentive to Biomechanic Thomas analyse.
Some participants also took the SwimStars Instructor licence during the camp
Last weeks Swimstars World Master Camp on Tenerife was probably the best camp in the last 2 years! A great group of people who really got a long well with each other. The age difference between the youngest (25 years) and the oldest (65) and the level of the swimmers from ” I just swim for fun” to World Champions and ex Olympic swimmers was just positive and made the group really tight. The training was tough, some swimmers doing over 40.000 meters during the camp but we also managed to have some fun like doing a Midsummer Challenge Relay Swim against the junior team from NAC Dublin, Ireland. We won the Medley relays over the much younger swimmers but on the Freestyle relays the Dublin Kids came back strong and won. In the Mens Medley relay the winning time was 2.05,32! Not bad for a team being 181 years old! (Backstroke: Karl Justh (53) 35,79, Breast Glen Christiansen (53) 32,71, Fly Lonie Encinar (40) 32,20 and Freestyle Anders Kilen (35) 24,62!) The Womens relay Age 134 won with a 2.19,24 (Backstroke: Tina Kueter (28) 35,48, Breaststroke Anna-Karin Lundin (37) 36,14, Fly Line Lund (29) 35,72 and Freestyle Anja Buermeister (40) 31,50).
We also did technique analysis in the swimmingflume, start training with filming and here my ex assistant coach from USG Copenhagen, World Masters sprint champion Anders Kilen were a great help in helping with start technique, sprints and technique advices in general.
One of the free afternoons a part of the group who can´t get enough of water took to Siam Park, a fantastic water-fun park close by while the rest went shopping in the tax free shops of Tenerife.
The swimmers were devided in to different lanes according to their level and what strokes they mainly swim. They also recieved different training programs. This time we had a: Middle Distance lane, a Backstroke lane and a Sprint/breaststroke lane. This way everybody could work on their different specialties with fellow competitors.
The food is really good at Jardin La Caleta and you really have to watch out if your are there coaching and not swimming twice a day!
On the second day we all got in the swimming flume to get our strokes corrected and advices from T3´s Biomechanic Thomas and myself. A worthwile expreience that gives you new insights of your technique under water. After the session we could work the rest of the week on the new advices. Very helpful for swimmers and coach!
Some swimmers took the chance to learn more about teaching swimming according to the SwimStar method during the week. Since I offer the Instructor course during the camp , several swimmers took the Swimstar Instructor Licence and now can teach children and adults to swim.
The last day we selected a MVP (Most Valuable Player) from the camp and Birgitta Olofsson won the prices for her always friendly and laughing smile and her great training spirit! A true Masters swimmer.
Last but not least: The camp would not have been so great if the staff at the hotel and at T3 weren´t so great! Always friendly, helpful, smiling, serviceminded and good looking!
Especially thanks to the always supportive Heike Huhnke at T3 who did the organisation and paperworks for the camp. She is absolutely an angel!
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June 17th, 2010
A short brake in the intensive training
Technique training and video analysis.
Sunny weather and smiles in Hamburg
Alexander training for Hamburg Triathlon with Glen since October
Alexander Schubert with his coach
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