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  • Readers’ Swims: Lanzarote to Fuerteventura

    Mark Johansen tackled the 16km Bocaina Strait while on holiday

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  • No training? No worries! Six ways to make the most of an event when you’re unfit

    If you’re wavering about signing up for an event because of worries about your fitness, whether it’s your first mile…

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  • Why do an open water event?

    Do I have to be a fast swimmer? Do I need to swim front crawl? Will I get pushed under…

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  • The Dart 10k is back on for 2023

    After an uncertain year, the Dart 10K is set to return this September after finding a “very elegant solution to…

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  • Scottish Winter Swimming Championships

    Event review: Scottish Winter Swimming Championships

    Rowan Clarke heads to Loch Tay for her favourite winter event: the Scottish Winter Swimming Championships

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  • Adaptive swimmer: Sophie Etheridge

    Hope is such a small word, but it has huge potential and infinite possibilities, says adaptive swimmer Sophie Etheridge as…

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  • A Catalina Channel swim in memory of Jody Jones

    Later this year Mark Johansen will attempt to swim the Catalina Channel, from Catalina Island to Los Angeles, to honour…

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  • MySwimathon opens today

    Join the world’s largest annual fundraising swim at a venue of your choice and at a time that suits you…

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  • How to get the most from a swimming event

    You won't regret signing up to an event, says Simon Griffiths. Here's how to make the most of the experience. 

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  • 30 Bays in 30 Days

    Liz Stonebridge established the ‘30 Bays in 30 Days’ sea swim challenge in Guernsey in 2013 to raise money for…

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  • Ten outdoor venues where you can join this year’s Swimathon

    Take part in this year’s Swimathon – the world’s largest annual fundraising swim with distances ranging from 400m to over…

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  • The Lyme Splash 2023 Water Polo Sea Championship is back!

    The Lyme Splash is now fully supported with both events – the Water Polo Sea Championship and the Lyme Regis…

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  • Marathon Swims 2023 is now open for entries

    Marathon Swims 2023 is back at the London Aquatics Centre, inviting swimmers to take on the ultimate challenge – a Marathon…

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  • Swimming for mental health

    Andy Donaldson: Flying the flag for mental health

    Oceans Seven challenger Andy Donaldson tells us why he's raising money for the Black Dog Institute, a mental health charity…

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  • Create your own challenge

    Create your own challenges

    Not all challenges are to enter, or to follow, some are created ourselves. Alison Gilchrist set herself a series of…

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  • Swimmers converge on Lake Bled for the IWSA World Championships

    A winter swimming event held in Slovenia’s picture-perfect Lake Bled: Simon Griffiths reports from the 13th IWSA World Championships.

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    5th International Ice Swimming Association World Championships in Samoëns

    In beautiful Samoëns, 500 swimmers from 42 countries descended for the 5th International Ice Swimming Association World Championships (IISAWC). An…

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  • Adaptive Swimmer: Sophie Etheridge

    “Spring is the time of plans and projects” (Leo Tolstoy). Adaptive Swimmer: Sophie Etheridge on how to plan and train…

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  • How to do an Ice Mile

    Michelle Lane completed an ice mile in February 2023, after 3 years of training and waiting. She shares her experience…

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  • A Highland fling at SwimWild’s WinterFest

    Author and wild swimmer Emma Simpson persuaded her husband to join her for a long weekend in the Scottish Highlands…

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  • Event review: Ice Swim in Morocco

    Monkeys, dancing and medals make for a memorable ice swimming adventure. Jonathan Cowie and Ella Foote take part in this…

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  • Full length of Britain swim

    Land’s End to John O’Groats: swimming the full length of Britain

    In October 2022, Jasmine Harrison became the first woman to swim the entire length of the UK from Land’s End…

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  • Para V challenge for swimmers with disabilities

    Para V: a new event for swimmers with disabilities

    Rowan Clarke talks to Jonty Warneken about his new challenge aimed at swimmers with disabilities.

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  • Swimming events

    How swimming events shape the world of outdoor swimming

    Open water challenges shape outdoor swimming more than you realise. Rowan Clarke investigates.

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  • Portishead Popsicle

    Open water synchro, an inflatable race and wacky costumes delight cold water swimmers at the bonkers but brilliant Portishead Popsicle.

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