Mike Bodger, NZMS Secretary and Masters Swimmer's desire was to be the oldest person to swim across Cook Strait

Support crew member Kirsten Cameron exclusively documents the event for masters swimmers to read.

Well we finally cracked it - yes after 20 months of hard slog, we have finally swum around NZ - all 15,134Km's of it. Congratulations to all that took part. Final results for the challenge are below

(Source:http://swimming.about.com/od/helpfornoviceswimmers/Help_for_Novice_Swimmers.htm)

There are many things that you can do to swim better. This to do list of 10 ways to swim better could help any swimmer improve in the water.

A library of swim programmes has been started online and is available to current members of NZMS. Programmes have been split into three levels of difficulty, although they can be changed, depending on the time you have. You are encouraged to print these off and have them at the pool with you.

To help increase the content online, we'd like to hear from you about your favourite programmes. Send them to us , and we will share them with NZMS members.

We'd also like your feedback on each of the programmes online. Are they in the wrong category, have you modified them in a particular way, or do you just like them the way they are!. You can leave your comments at the end of each programme.  The library can be found in the Health and Fitness section of the website.