Prepare for your UltraSwim
Four days of swimming. One big challenge.
The right preparation can make all the difference.
You’ve put in the training. Now it’s time to prepare for the experience.
UltraSwim is about much more than swimming four days in a row. It’s about managing your energy, your mindset, the conditions, the space between swims and the moments when things don’t go according to plan.
I’ve created two resources to help you prepare.
UltraReady
Getting Ready for UltraSwim
A free introduction designed to help you understand what you’re heading into, reduce some of the uncertainty and arrive at the event feeling more prepared.
Ultra Recipe
Mindset & Strategy for UltraSwim Success
A deeper session designed to help you develop your own strategy for managing four days of swimming, including mindset, decision-making, open water conditions, nutrition, recovery and the things that don’t always go according to plan.
What is Ultra Recipe
UltraSwim is four days of swimming, but it’s also four days of decision-making.
How you approach each swim, manage your energy, respond to changing conditions, recover between stages and deal with the moments when things don’t go according to plan can have just as much influence on your experience as your fitness.
Ultra Recipe brings together practical open water strategy, mindset and real-world experience to help you develop an approach that works for you.
It is a focused 60–75 minute session designed specifically for swimmers preparing for UltraSwim
It brings together practical strategies and real-world experience across the areas that matter most when you’re facing four days of swimming.
The aim is not to give you someone else’s perfect formula.
It’s about helping you build your own approach based on your goals, your strengths, your experience and what you know about yourself.
Whats Inside Ultra Recipe
- Your Four-Day Strategy
- Understand why a multi-day event needs to be approached differently from a single swim.
- Open Water Strategy
- Think about the course, conditions, environment, positioning, pack swimming and making smart decisions in the water.
- Nutrition & Fuelling
- Understand how to manage yourself while also responding to the environment around you.
- When Things Don’t Go to Plan
- Learn how to stop, reassess, adapt and make better decisions when things change.
- Mindset Across Four Days
- Manage the mental side of four days, find the small wins and maintain perspective when things get difficult.
Is Ultra Recipe for You ?
Ultra Recipe is for you if you’re excited about UltraSwim, but you’re also wondering how you’re actually going to manage four days of swimming.
- You’re taking on UltraSwim for the first time.
- You’re unsure how to approach four consecutive days of swimming.
- You’re worried about the mental side of the event.
- You want to understand how to manage changing conditions.
- You’re wondering how you’ll cope when you’re tired.
- You’ve done UltraSwim before but want to approach it differently.
- You want a strategy, but don’t want someone telling you exactly how you have to do it.
What happens if the conditions are rough?
What if I can’t find a group?
What if I’m much more tired than I expected?
What if I have a bad swim?
What if I start doubting myself?
Ultra Recipe is designed to help you think through those situations before you’re in the middle of them.
It is a focused 60–75 minute session designed specifically for swimmers preparing for UltraSwim.
I spent a really inspiring, motivating and helpful couple of hours this morning in company of Jay Prchal on his UltraReady: Mindset and Strategy online session. I highly recommend it. Really engaging and worth the price.
As with everything in life (especially when you’ve lived a bit!), some things I knew and were reinforced by Jay, and some were new.
He’s doing one more next week. If you’re new to ultra swimming like me, it’ll be money and time well spent.
Thank you Jay
Clare
Jay and Andy Donaldson were fantastic in helping my 20yr old son complete UltraSwim Croatia last year. He would never have achieved it without their input. He was a super pool swimmer (sub 60secs for 100 free at 14) but struggled to settle in the ocean.
Definitely engage with Jay if you fancy some encouragement with your UltraSwim journey.Ian
Me and Teresa attended your online workshop just some days before we were off for UltraSwim Greece. As newbies we all succeeded!
It was sometimes hard but all we have talked about on the workshop was super useful and really helped!
Thank you Jay!Emese
An amazing swim Prep Camp in Montenegro with Simon & Jay. I’m still buzzing from the experience! Coaches Simon and Jay delivered outstanding practical advice and wisdom that resonated with our entire group, from beginners to seasoned swimmers.
Their tips on technique, mental prep and recovery were spot-on and easy to apply. What blew me away was their individualised analysis, way beyond my expectation. Each of us got personalised feedback, pinpointing issues and boosting others drafting and breathing techniques.
This attention to detail made all the difference. Simon’s technical expertise and Jays motivational vibe create a perfect balance fostering a supportive high energy atmosphere. Their dedication made this camp unforgettable.
Can’t wait for our next one!Andrew and Karen
What You Get
Ultra Recipe – 60–75 minute recorded session
A structured, practical session you can watch in your own time before UltraSwim.
Personal Ultra Recipe
A downloadable companion document to help you turn the ideas from the session into your own plan.
Event-specific context
Information and practical context relevant to the UltraSwim event you’re preparing for.
Ultra Recipe
Price:
$50 AUD
Includes the recorded session and Personal Ultra Recipe takeaway.
About Jay
I’m Jay Prchal, a performance coach, swimmer and open water enthusiast with a background in competitive swimming, coaching and business.
I’ve experienced the uncertainty of open water swimming myself, and I’ve worked with swimmers preparing for challenging endurance events.
Ultra Recipe brings that practical experience together to help you approach UltraSwim with more clarity, confidence and perspective.
Build Your Personal Ultra Recipe
Everyone’s approach to UltraSwim will be different.
Your goals are different. Your experience is different. Your strengths, weaknesses and responses to the conditions are different.
The goal isn’t to follow someone else’s recipe.
It’s to build one that works for you.
Ready to Build Your Ultra Recipe
Prepare for the four days. Think through the challenges. Build an approach that works for you.
It is a focused 60–75 minute session designed specifically for swimmers preparing for UltraSwim
Not Ready for the Full Session Yet?
Start with UltraReady, my free introduction to UltraSwim. It is designed to help you understand what you’re heading into and reduce some of the uncertainty before you arrive.
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