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MYSWIMAuthor: Michael Helps
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MYSWIM: Lake Malawi with Michael Helps (Africa series bonus)
Episode 5
Saturday, 15 November, 2025
Send us a textThis is a bonus episode in the Africa series and is my personal account of swimming one of the worlds greatest swim adventures.In this episode I go through the What, Who, When and How for my Lake Malawi swim attempt.My training time was split between lido, lakes and my normal 3 times per week masters sessions as well as gym work (mainly on shoulders and core). My typical training diary, weekly and monthly training mileage are in the show notes looked something like this:Typical Weekly Training Plan:· Monday – Rest or Gym (1hr to 1.5hrs)· Tuesday – Masters swimming club (approx. 3k)· Wednesday – Rest or Gym (1hr to 1.5hrs)· Thursday - Masters swimming club (approx. 3k)· Friday – Lido (between 5k to 10k)· Saturday – Lake swim (6k to 10k)· Sunday - Lake swim (6k to 10k) or Masters swimming club (approx. 3k)Average monthly /weekly SWIM totals:| Monthly Totals | Ave.Weekly Totals | January | 18,225m | 4,556m | February | 5,500m | 1,375m | March | 20,125m | 5,031m | April | 16,400m | 4,100m | May | 61,325m | 15,331m | June | 85,860m | 21,465m | July | 61,147m | 15,287m | August | 73,969m | 18,492m | September | 52,516m | 13,129m | October (up to swim) | 8,350m | 2,088mTo find out more above the African swims and particularly Lake Malawi contact Open Water Africa please follow website www.openwater.africa and visit www.MYSWIM.uk for links to the other African swims in the series as well as information about many other of aquatic adventures.
