My name is Kate Mason, and I live in Weymouth, Dorset. If you need swimming lessons or open water coaching, don't hesitate to contact me; I will be pleased to help you.

I started my swimming career by being taken to the beach and given an old car inner tube as my swimming aid! I didn't swim as a child in a swimming club but was always involved in other sports representing my school and the county.

Later in life, I qualified as a General Nurse and then registered Midwife, so swimming was low on the list of activities. After having my family, I finally started swimming to get fit in my early thirties. I got involved with a local swimming club, helping out, swimming myself and eventually becoming one of the coaches. 

My first introduction to sea swimming was participating in the Portland Harbour Swim, which Portland Dolphins organised. In 1996 I organised a six-person charity English Channel.

Since then, I have been fortunate to have completed many more swims, such as:

▪ Solo English Channel 22 miles

▪ Solo Gulf of Toroneus Greece 26k

▪ Solo Lake Zurich Switzerland 26k six times

▪ Solo Round Jersey 38 miles

▪ Solo Rottnest Island Perth Australia 20k

▪ Solo Jurassic Coast West Bay to Portland 26k 

▪ Solo Round Manhattan Island 28 miles USA

▪ 3 x English Channel relays 6, 5 and 3 person

▪ Volcano triathlon Lanzarote 2013

▪ Ironman Austria June 2013

▪ Ironman 70.3 Majorca May 2014

▪ Ironman Zurich Switzerland July 2014

▪ Challenge UK Weymouth September 2014

▪ Lake Geneva two-person relay 70k/44miles August 2015

▪ Marathon des sables April 2016

▪ Solo swim Jersey to France July 2016

▪ Rose Pitonof Swim Manhattan to Coney Island August 2016

▪ Lake Orta Solo 27km July 2017

▪ Marathon des Sables Peru Nov/Dec 2017

▪ One way Lake Coniston and Lake Windermere 2018

▪ Enduroman Arch to Arc completed Sept 2019 #45 + Oldest Person Record

▪ Lake Geneva 13km Lausanne to Evian August 2022

▪ S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge, Arizona - 40 mile, multi-day lake swim - 1st place in age category.

Qualifications

▪ Club Coach for Weyport Masters for the last 18 yrs

▪ ASA Swimming Club Coach and Teacher qualified in 1995, 1999

▪ ASA Open Water Coach qualified 2014

▪ Current National Pool Lifeguard + Beach Lifeguard

▪ Current Emergency first aid certificate

▪ Power Boat Level II qualified

▪ Insured with public liability

YMCA Personal Trainer, specialising in GP Referral, cardiac rehabilitation, pulmonary rehabilitation and clients with long-term neurological conditions. I also run specialist exercise classes at Osprey Leisure Centre on Portland.