After a long career as an elite swimmer I switched to Triathlon in the late 90s and lots of people asked me how I swam like I did. I did not really know what to tell them. I knew a lot about swim technique having been fascinated for years but not how to teach/coach it. I was getting a little stale with my computing career so my sister and I set up www.swimfortri.com as she was already a swim teacher and did know a lot about teaching swimming. It worked well, that was 2002. I became qualified soon after but mostly provided demos and filming/technology to assist underwater swim analysis from my previous profession.

2002 we dabbled part-time but soon after there were enough requests for swim help that my sister and I took Swim For Tri full time and quit our old jobs. It was a pioneering time in that no one had addressed this particular group of swimmers who we initially worked with. You either learned to swim young and progressed through a club or avoided swimming as an adult. No one was teaching adults how to swim faster. We needed new drills, new methods, to understand the way adults learned new skills, how to get nervous adults comfortable in group situations. There was much to do!

• @speedo, fast swimming, @drag2zero, aerodynamics and fluid dynamics, beautiful water that makes you want to swim (visit Lake Geneva)

• Helping people swim faster, further or achieve any personal goals. This is why my sister and I set up swimfortri.com

• Henley Marathon Swim, the Brugge 5km, Lake Geneva, Lake Annecy, IM Austria

• London Disability SC where I help coach and often swim to help those with disabilities.