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Keep something up your sleeve (or down your trunks)
When you talk to top level open water swimmers, a common theme is that every race is different and the…
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What are you swimming for?
We occasionally make comparisons between triathletes and open water swimmers – it’s usually a bit of light-hearted fun. The labels…
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The ultimate swimming goal?
The other day, Tracey Baumann of Swim Solutions asked me about my swimming goals. Despite writing a lot about swimming,…
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The point of point-to-point
Last week I wrote about the need for patience if you want topace a race well for optimal performance. Swimmers…
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When swimming can get you arrested
One of the joys of swimming, as we’ve mentioned several times previously, is the opportunity it gives us to stretch…
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The Chillswim experience – from a Spanish perspective
Daniel Pagés of Swim the Costa Brava took part in the 2014 Chillswim. Normally used to swimming in the Mediterranean,…
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Alex Meyer cruises to victory in Barbados
US swimmer and Olympian Alex Meyer swam to a convincing victory in the 5km race of the third Barbados Open…
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The BLDSA 8-mile Torbay Swim 2014
Helen Beveridge travelled down from Inverness to take part in one of the BLDSA’s longer and more challenging events –…
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Neither multiple jellyfish stings nor vomit-inducing diesel fumes hold back Beth French
On 22 July, Beth French swam from Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly. Residents of both the Isles of Scilly…
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The Longest Day: BLDSA Champion of Champions
It seems somewhat of a coincidence that the British Long Distance Swimming Association’s Champion of Champions event fell on the…
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Aquanuts do the double
On Friday 20 June I went for a little swim with three of my friends: we swam across the English…
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DIY risk assessment for open water swimming
How much should you trust the advice of those who tell us not to swim in open water? Our hope…
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Why do triathletes hate open water swimming?
We spent last weekend at the Triathlon Show in Esher and it gave us plenty of opportunity to talk to…
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Africa to South America: Ben Hooper plans to do the first complete cross Atlantic swim
When athletes talk about aiming for Brazil in 2016, we usually assume they mean the Olympics. Not Ben Hooper. His…
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It’s not so grim up north, but the sea is definitely colder
Last weekend I was reminded once again how friendly and welcoming open water swimmers can be. I travelled up to…
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Yannick Agnel signs with arena
Aquatic sports brand Arena announced today it has signed a new sponsorship agreement with the current Olympic and World 200m…
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VW T5 Sport Camper
Writing for a swimming magazine you don’t expect road-testing camper vans to be part of the job but when the…
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Hyperice
While swimmers are less prone to injury than many other athletes we do tend to give our shoulders a bit…
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Life Edge waterproof cases for iPad and iPhone
Last summer, in an article on ‘How to photograph your swimming holiday’ (Aug/Sep 2013), we recommended putting your old iPhone…
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Wickelfisch Dry Bag
Imported from Germany by Chillswim, these fish-shaped dry bags are ideal for keeping your kit dry while you mess about…
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Aquaviz Pro prescription swimming mask
This is an updated version of the Aquaviz swimming mask we looked at a few issues back and differs through…
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Testing times
How often do you test how fast you can really swim? As long as you have no medical reason why…
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UK Cold Water Swimming Championships to raise funds to provide safe water worldwide
The organisers of the sixth UK Cold Water Swimming Championships, which take place at Tooting Bec Lido, south London, on…
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Hypothermia isn’t cool
Again this week I had planned to write something else but open water swimming has a habit of providing the…
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Swimmers welcome
There are lots of great things about open water swimming – including our fantastic magazine 🙂 – but one that…
