Swimming and water running

FIT has several sessions each week of swimming and water running – there are swimming lanes, so there’s room to stretch out and do some laps and drills and practice stroke improvement.

Swimming

We run two swimming sessions a week over summer, and one during winter. There is a fee for these sessions to cover pool and lane hire fees.

Monday night pool sessions 7.30-8.30PM

  • Location: Canberra Girls’ Grammar School pool, Deakin
  • Pool Entry Fee: $4.00. Please give to the coach on the night

There are four coached lanes, allocated as follows:

  • One lane for skills development and less confident swimmers;
  • The three other lanes for a short (approx. 1500 metres), medium (approx. 1700 metres) and longer (2000+ metres) program

The pool is located on the corner of Melbourne Avenue and Empire Circuit. Take the small set of steps on Empire Circuit leading to the basketball courts, the pool is on your right hand side (down a set of steps into the adjacent building).

Please follow CGGS rules:

  • Please observe parking restrictions (which are enforced at all times) around Girls’ Grammar Empire Circuit entrance. There is NO parking in the school grounds and do not park on the school neighbours’ nature strips or grass verges!

Thursday Lake Swims, 6.00-7.00pm

Sessions commence from mid-October 2021, when the National Capital Authority commences their water quality testing for the recreational season.

Lake swimming goes ahead weekly subject to water quality test results as published by the National Capital Authority.

Location: Yarralumla Beach, map available here (not to be confused with ‘Yarralumla Bay’, which is further east).

Please note that this is an uncoached session. Be sure to wear a brightly coloured swim cap for this session, to make you more visible in the water, and buddy up with at least one other swimmer.


Water running

Water running is tougher than you might think – but because your whole body is supported, it’s great for general recovery after other training and for rehab if you have an injury. Lots of members who run and cycle swear by a weekly water running session to aid recovery, build strength and increase endurance. There are currently two sessions per week:

Monday, 6.00am – 7.00am

Location: Civic Pool
Pool Entry Fee: $7.50 (adult) / $5.30(concession) / $4.00 (pensioner). Pay to pool staff – let pool staff know that you’re with FIT for discounted entry.

Monday, 7.30pm – 8.30pm

Location: Canberra Girls’ Grammar School pool, Deakin 
Pool Entry Fee:
$4. Please give to the coach on the night (see above for location and pool rules).

Wednesday, 6.00am – 7.00am

Location: Civic Pool
Pool Entry Fee: $7.50 (adult) / $5.30(concession) / $4.00 (pensioner). Pay to pool staff – let pool staff know that you’re with FIT for discounted entry.

Please see Facebook for updates and refer to the COVID-19 Information and Risk Management Plan for details about FIT’s return to face to face training in all disciplines.