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Swimprint – hand-printing swimming caps in the Midlands
Gaynor Willis is a former Olympic swimmer and owner of swim cap printing business Swimprint. We caught up with her…
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I’m a pool swimmer and I want to start swimming outdoors while pools are closed: what should I do?
The letter below, is an example of many similar letters we’re receiving at the moment, so we thought we’d share…
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A tale of two swimruns
At the end of November, I took part in Ötillö Swimrun Malta. We’ll be publishing an event report in Outdoor…
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FORM Swim Goggles – Extended test
Due to space constraints in print, our product reviews are often shorter than some pieces of kit that we test…
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Go Swim Loch Lomond – a new open water event for Scotland and alternative for the Great Scottish Swim
Fans of the Great Scottish Swim, who were disappointed last month to learn the event had been cancelled for 2019,…
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Taking your training outside – getting used to the open water
It’s that time of year (at least, from a UK perspective) when many of us are keen to start training…
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Training sessions 1st to 15th January 2019
In August 2019, I’m aiming to swim 21km (plus potentially a little more) at Vidösternsimmet, which is billed as Sweden’s…
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Henley Swim celebrates 15 years of open water swimming in the Thames
Henley Swim started, as these things tend to do, over a beer, when one person suggested a crazy idea and…
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Why is an 800m race in the pool harder than the same distance in open water?
Image: The pools at Ponds Forge during the National Masters Swimming Championships My favourite distances to race in open water…
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Planning permission granted for Brighton Sea Lanes project at second attempt
Sea Lanes Brighton has been granted temporary planning permission to begin the transformation of the derelict Peter Pan site on…
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Becoming a cover model: Ben Gaskins
Our cover images policy at Outdoor Swimmer is, as far as possible, to celebrate real swimmers doing real swimming (rather…
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SH₂OUT responds
We put your questions to SH₂OUT. This is how they answered SH₂OUT is a joint project that has been developed…
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Campaign to reinstate swimming in Wimbledon Park Lake
Campaigners have launched a petition calling for the London Borough of Merton to consider the needs of open water swimmers…
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New South West Skinny Dip launches to raise funds for MIND
It all started while Ruth Hunt was driving and listening to Simon Mayo on the radio. Jax Higginson, organiser of…
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What I learnt from Vidösternsimmet 2019
Billed as Sweden’s longest and toughest open water race, Vidösternsimmet is a 21km (plus a bit) end-to-end swim of a…
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Can you do it all in swimming?
Image: if racing in the pool tempts you (especially during the colder months) then give it a go. Well, that…
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Don’t panic… but take action
On Saturday 3 August, the main story on the frontpage of The Times ran under the headline: “No river safe…
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Augmented Reality for Swimmers
Dan Eisenhardt is the founder and CEO of FORM, inventor of swim goggles with a see-through augmented-reality display that delivers…
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Outdoor Swimmer – Environmental statement
Outdoor swimming is an activity that immerses you in the natural environment so it is not surprising that both we…
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The Swim Festival Blogs 2019: Ali (1)
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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The Swim Festival Blogs 2019: Emily (1)
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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The Swim Festival Blogs 2019: James (1)
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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Trends in outdoor swimming in 2019
Simon Griffiths looks at trends in outdoor swimming in 2019 At the end of April, we invited people from across…
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Andy Blow Interview
We caught up with Andy Blow of Precision Hydration about two hours after he and his race partner James Phillips…
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The Ponds – a delightful film packed full of swimmers’ humour
I’m just back from watching “The Ponds”, a film by Patrick McLennan and Samuel Smith that documents a year in…
