2026 SwimRVA New Year's Challenge

Race Description

The SwimRVA New Year's Challenge is about YOU. It is about setting goals for the coming year. No matter if you are a beginning swimmer or just finished crossing the English Channel, this event is YOURS. At SwimRVA we want you to be healthy, happy, and energized to be part of our community. We believe swimming can be your vehicle to stay healthy, active, and fit. The SwimRVA New Year's Challenge is about setting a goal of how far you can swim.

• Format: Repeating 100 yard swims on an interval.
• Interval: Designed to allow time to finish each swim, rest, and start another.
• Goals: Past participants have had goals of 3 x 100s up to 100 x 100s.
• Measure of Success: Not how far you swim, but whether you reached YOUR goal and set a NEW GOAL for next year.

We hope the New Year':s Challenge is rejuvenating and centers each and every participant on the SUCCESS they will achieve in and out of the pool.

Previous Event

Check out last year's SWIMRVA NEW YEAR'S CHALLENGE GALLERY

Event Details

• Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
• Time: 2 PM - 5 PM.
• Check-In: Starts at 1 PM.

Registration Information

There will be a tiered fee structure. It':s ONLY $75 if registered by October 31.

• Interval Selection: Choose an interval to swim with rest of 15-45 seconds.
• Recommended Interval: If you can swim 100 freestyle in 2:00, pick around 2:30.
• Interval Progression: Starts at 1:30 and progresses as follows: 1:40, 1:50, 2:00, 2:20, 2:40, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00.
• Leisure Swimmers: Choose 3:30 or 4:00 if unsure.

This is all about YOU! There is no competition, except with yourself. Will you ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE?

More Information

For additional details, visit the official race page.