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What’s coming up in the August 2019 issue of Outdoor Swimmer magazine
Our August 2019 issue is at the printer and will be on its way to subscribers early next week (w/c…
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What do we mean by outdoor swimming?
Outdoor swimming, open water swimming, wild swimming… what’s the difference? Outdoor Swimmer is a magazine for people who love swimming…
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The Henley Swim Festival Blogs 2019: Emily (Part 2)
The Outdoor Swimmer Henley Swim Festival takes place on 14 July. It’s going to be a fabulous day of river…
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Riding the incoming tide up the River Waveney
Last weekend’s Waveney Swim ticked a lot of boxes for me, not least that we swam upriver on an incoming…
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Great North Swimrun 2019 – winning in the rain
Great Swim added swimrun to their programme in 2017 and it’s grown in popularity every year. With three distances to…
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2Swim4Life 2019
Last weekend, Guildford Lido once again hosted 2Swim4Life, as it has done every other year since 2011. I’ve been to…
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Race strategy: What I learned at Oceanman Turkey
As well as an opportunity to do something I really enjoy doing (i.e. long distance swims outdoors), I find that…
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Becoming a cover model: Lindsey Cole
Our cover images policy at Outdoor Swimmer is, as far as possible, to celebrate real swimmers doing real swimming (rather…
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Training sessions 15 to 28 February 2019
In August 2019, I’m aiming to swim 21km (plus potentially a little more) at Vidöstern Simmet, which is billed as…
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Sharron Davies
SwimQuest Swimming Holidays has announced a new partnership with household name Sharron Davies MBE to promote wellbeing and mental health.…
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Training sessions 16 to 31 March 2019
In August 2019, I’m aiming to swim 21km (plus potentially a little more) at Vidöstern Simmet, which is billed as…
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Swimmers in business: Lara Morgan
Lara Morgan is the founder of Pacific Direct which she sold in 2010 for £20m. As a life-long swimmer, she…
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February issue nearly ready plus training session ideas
January is always a busy month for us at Outdoor Swimmer as, after taking a break over Christmas and New…
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2018: A good year for swimming outside
Picture credit: Katia Vastiau In a year of difficult and divisive politics in the UK and elsewhere, of ever-mounting evidence…
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Becoming a cover model: Jeremy Murgatroyd
Our cover images policy at Outdoor Swimmer is, as far as possible, to celebrate real swimmers doing real swimming (rather…
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Training sessions 16 to 31 January 2019
In August 2019, I’m aiming to swim 21km (plus potentially a little more) at Vidöstern Simmet, which is billed as…
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Outdoor Swimmer’s Christmas Gift Guide 2018
How often are you asked, “what do you want for Christmas”? If you’re like many swimmers, you may be thinking…
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The adventurers helping us find adventure everyday
I’ve spent the last couple of days reading stories about amazing adventures: Ross Edgley swimming 1792 miles around the coast…
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Theodore Yach and the great wetsuit debate
Last week we learned about the sudden and untimely death of Theodore Yach, one of South Africa’s most accomplished and…
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Marathon distance swimming tips
It’s deadline week again at Outdoor Swimmer HQ as we put the finishing touches to our September issue. I’m obviously…
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Improve your swimming with a central snorkel
The central snorkel was developed as a training tool for swimmers. The idea is that by removing the need to…
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View from the water – Swimrun tips for swimmers
Simon Griffiths shares a few swimrun tips for swimmers A few years ago, Ötillö was an obscure extreme adventure sport…
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Getting that autumn feeling
I’ve just got back from a week of swimming and sailing with SwimTrek. It was a busman’s holiday I guess,…
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What’s coming up in October and thoughts on gliding
The majority of long distance swimming events in the UK are now over for 2018. We’re already starting to receive…
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Late season European swims and November issue preview
I was lucky last weekend to be invited to take part in a test run for a new swimming event…
