Camp Itinerary

July 3^rd

Noon: check-in at Tropicana Gardens and lunch

2pm: camp into with Coach Mark "Goals of an Open Water Athlete"

3pm: swim practice at UCSB Campus Pool (warm-up/loosen)

4pm: depart Campus Pool for Leadbetter Beach

5pm: Santa Barbara beach lifeguard supervised ocean training session

6:30pm: “Nite Moves” race.  1 mile sprint (4 turn rectangle)

7:30pm: depart Leadbetter Beach for Tropicana Gardens

8:00pm: dinner

9:00pm: camp meeting – Coach Mark on Post-Race Analysis and note taking

10:00pm: lights out

July 4^th

7am: breakfast

8am: coach Mark on training strategies for Open Water racing

10am: Swim practice.  Test set of 20x200 descend to fast.

NOON: lunch

2pm: Coach Mark: video analysis of pack swimming and strategy in packs

3pm: Guest speaker on channel crossings: How to organize, prepare for and execute a successful night swim or Channel Crossing

4pm: Feeding station workout and dryland training session (UCSB lagoon/Campus Point)

6pm: dinner

9pm: fireworks near Harder Stadium (UCSB Campus)

10pm: lights out

July 5^th

7am: breakfast

8am: coach Mark on starts/turns/finishes

10am: swim practice: test set of 40x100 (37 in pack then 3 sprint)

NOON: lunch

2pm: Coach Mark on race strategy development, course awareness and variables

3pm: depart UCSB for East Beach

4pm: Santa Barbara beach lifeguard supervised ocean training

6:30pm: “Reef and Run” race. 1 mile sprint (4 turn rectangle)

7:30pm: depart east beach for Tropicana gardens

8:00pm: dinner

9:00pm: camp meeting with Coach Mark - Physical contact and athlete response

10:00pm: lights out

July 6^th:

7am: breakfast

8am: depart UCSB for east beach

9am: “Semana Nautica 1 mile ocean race” (4 turn rectangle)

10am: Santa Barbara lifeguard supervised beach training session at East Beach

noon: lunch at East Beach

1pm: participation in Semana Nautica swim meet or return to Tropicana Gardens

5pm: coach Mark on Gamesmanship and competitor psychological analysis

7pm: dinner

8pm: camp meeting

10pm: lights out

July 7^th

7am: breakfast

8am: depart UCSB for East Beach

9am: “Semana Nautica 3 mile ocean race” (6 turn rectangle)

11am: Santa Barbara beach lifeguard supervised training session and camp conclusion

noon: return to Tropicana gardens and check-out or participation in Semana Nautica pool competition.