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Water temperature and age: are they just numbers?
Open water swimmers it seems are obsessed with water temperature, and with good reason. It makes a big difference to…
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Would you help a swimmer in distress?
In our previous newsletter we asked, “how safe does it have to be before we can swim?” The topic generated…
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Why you need to get the line right when swimming across the current
In our previous newsletter we looked at the how swimming with or against the current affects your speed. This time…
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9 things to do in a race, other than racing
In our previous newsletter we talked about racing and pushing yourself to your limits – something that many of us…
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Lewis Gordon Pugh’s swimming secrets
In our February / March 2012 issue of the magazine we chose artic swimmer and environmental campaigner Lewis Gordon Pugh…
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What makes Australian open water swimmers so strong?
Rhys Mainstone tells us about Australian swimming, his training, ambitions and desire to grow open water swimming from a grass-roots…
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Mark Bayliss – Arch to Arc triumph
Over the weekend of 8th September Mark Bayliss broke the record for the Arch to Arc triathlon in a total…
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Let the Children Swim
When looking at open water swimming race results recently I’ve noticed increasing numbers of the letters MY, MJ, FY and…
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Glyn Bevans’s Grenada Cross Harbour Swim
My first open water swim completed in March 2012 – no wetsuit!!! However, not in the freezing waters of the…
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H2Open 2012 Awards Update
What a great response to the H2Open 2012 Open Water Swimming Awards: almost 50 nominations received already. Keep them coming…
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Wetsuits and cold water acclimatisation
As readers will have seen, in Issue 2 we take a serious look at wetsuits. As someone whose route into…
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The world’s fastest wetsuits
Over the past week we’ve had the opportunity to test some of the best swimming wetsuits on the market. Needless…
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Endurancelife Wild Swim
This weekend (8/5/11) I took part in the inaugural event of adventure racing company Endurancelife’s Wild Swim Series. The swim…
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Sarah’s swim training – step 1
Having seen her brave Hampstead Lido in the middle of winter, we knew our fearless deputy editor had taken open…
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Channel swimming training in Dover
Given that next issue we’ll be taking an in-depth look at Channel Swimming I thought it would be worth making…
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Issue 2 – electronic version now available
Issue 2 has arrived – electronically, at least. Printed copies are being posted today (Friday 8 April 2011) so should…
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First issue due shortly
Exciting times. The first issue of H2Open Magazine is due back from the printer imminently and we can’t wait to…
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Jim Boucher’s second English Channel crossing
Never say never again! I first swam the English Channel in 2007, aged 46 years. A time of 15 hours…
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Body Surfing
One of the joys of open water swimming is the exposure it gives you to the elements, especially if you…
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Issue 5 – on its way
The digital edition of Issue 5 is available HERE now. The print version has gone in the post to subscribers and will…
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Shelley Taylor-Smith: dangerous when wet
SEVEN time World Marathon Swimming champion Shelley Taylor-Smith talks to H2Open about swimming, life and her joy in helping other…
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Issue 4 – Wild Swim Special
Look out next week (w/c 11 July 11) for our Wild Swim summer special issue of H2Open Magazine. Normally we’re…
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Issue 6 – Coming soon
A big focus on English Channel swimming, but plenty of other great open water swimming stuff too. Look out for…
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Henley-on-Thames to Marlow – 14km of river beautiful river swimming
Adam Acland recounts his swim with the organisers of the Henley Swim Classic from Marlow to Henley along the famous…
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Swimming in handcuffs
There’s something about open water swimming that seems to attract eccentrics: usually harmless and quite likeable eccentrics, but definitely a…
