June 2025
June 2025 - Event Swimming
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“How do I fit swim training around my busy work schedule?”
Swim coach Cassie Patten has great advice for a busy paramedic who has signed up for a 15km swim
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Embrace positive psychology
Positive Psychology Practitioner Lexi Tinkler is your guide to how to transform your mindset for event day success
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What to eat on event day
Whether you’re taking on a shorter swim or a more ambitious distance, carefully consider your pre- and post-swim nutrition, says…
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Best adventure bags for outdoor swimmers
Durable, weatherproof and ready for anything: whatever you’re looking for in a new adventure bag, we’ve got you covered. Read…
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Plan a midsummer solstice swim
This month why not celebrate midsummer with a sunrise or sunset swim, says Editor Ella Foote, who is also an…
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Learn to sprint on an endurance swim
Simon Griffiths analyses the value of changing pace on long distance swims
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Weekend swim retreat: Ebba, Herefordshire
Digital editor Abi Whyte finds an idyllic swim retreat in the Welsh Borders, just a short drive from the famous…
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How to use the pool to taper before that big event
Swim coach Nicola Butler introduces the tapering phase, which gives your body time to fully recover, repair damaged tissues and…
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June in the open water community
A new swimming lake in Staffordshire joins the NOWCA network and Mental Health Swims heads to Parliament. Stay up to…
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It starts with a mile
Jharna Kumawat's first event was a mile in the Serpentine and she's now training for Ullswater end to end. This…
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All the lidos
Lidos are magical and we want in. Rowan Clarke chats to Jem Collins to find out how we can collect…
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NetPlus: How fishing nets are turned into swimming shorts
Not all recycling is equal, says Greg Swienton of Bureo, makers of this innovative material created from recycled fishing nets
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Supercharge your day of swimming
Nutrition plays a key role in a swimmer’s performance, recovery, and overall health. The Outdoor Swimmer team have been testing…
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Main character energy
Rowan Clarke meets elite swimmer, Becca Mann, about her candid new memoir, Outside the Lanes
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The main events
Are events still the route into outdoor swimming? Rowan Clarke investigates
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Events offer so much more than the chance to race
Simon Griffiths laments the closure of Henley Swim and reminds swimmers why it's important to keep taking part in events…
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Finding a zest for life in the Lake District
Digital editor Abi Whyte unwinds and recharges on a spring yoga and swimming retreat on the shores of Windermere
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Embracing the challenges
"What if I'm too slow?" "What if I hate it?" Adaptive swimmer Sophie Etheridge explores the self doubts we all…
