COACHING

Katie’s swim program offers 1:1 coaching, support, and customized training plans and workouts to suit your individual goals and experience. Whether you’re aiming to complete your first marathon open water swim, looking for guidance and support for an ultramarathon/channel swim, and/or hoping to increase speed, endurance, and confidence, Katie’s coaching will help make training approachable, fun, and effective. Reach out & let’s make it happen!

  • No matter what you’re training for, Katie’s coaching program provides a highly customized program, with guidance, accountability, and support!

    Details:

    • Custom training plan w/ short & long term goals

    • 3-6 customized pool workout per week

    • 1-2 dryland workouts (optional)

    • Weekly check-ins (via email or text)

    • Calls (meet ups when available) to discuss your progress

    • Video analysis of stroke technique

    • Modifications to your training plan, as needed


    • Support, feedback, strategy, and hilarious & encouraging memes

    • Access to periodic open water training swims in Baltimore area, and support & camaraderie from all KP Swimmers

    Cost:

    $300 per month

    A 10% discount is offered for paying 6 months or 15% discount for 12 months paid in full. Swimmers are encouraged to commit the full year program.

  • Katie Pumphrey has been coaching adult and youth swimmers for nearly 20 years. A competitive swimmer most of her life, Katie found open water swimming after choosing to study painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art over a collegiate swimming career. She continued to train on her own, and with the want of a goal to work towards, she completed her first official open water swim in 2010— the 4.4mile Chesapeake Bay Swim. Always passionate about swimming, that first open water swim lit a fire and has continued to fall more and more in love with the sport of open water swimming ever since. 

    Outside the water, Katie is a full-time visual artist. Her large scale paintings and sculptures are deeply connected to swimming, and her experiences in the water continue to drive and greatly influence her work. 

    On June 25th 2024, Katie Pumphrey became the first person to complete the BAY TO BALTIMORE SWIM, a 24-mile swim from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

    Katie’s major open water swims include the English Channel (2015, 2022), around the island of Manhattan (2017), and the Catalina Channel (2018, 2024). Those three swims make up the Triple Crown of open water swimming, making Katie the 194th person (73rd woman) in the world to achieve that honor. Katie is currently working towards a number of big swims, including a second Triple Crown and her 3rd English Channel in 2025.

    Katie lives in Baltimore City, MD with her husband Joe, and their dog, Adja. 

Contact Katie.