FEATURES
In-depth features that celebrate the vibrant outdoor swimming community, spotlighting extraordinary individuals and their stories.
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The Henley Swim Festival Blogs 2019: Emily (Part 2)
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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Great North Swimrun 2019 – winning in the rain
Great Swim added swimrun to their programme in 2017 and it’s grown in popularity every year. With three distances to…
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Swimming journeys – July issue of Outdoor Swimmer Magazine
Journeys can take many forms. In the July issue of Outdoor Swimmer Magazine adventurer Alastair Humphreys tells how his account…
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Riding the incoming tide up the River Waveney
Last weekend’s Waveney Swim ticked a lot of boxes for me, not least that we swam upriver on an incoming…
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Bude Open Water Swimmers
Ella Foote enjoys the vibe at Bude Sea Pool The overriding feeling I have about my swim with the Bude…
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How sociable are open water swimming events? Survey Results
Over the Summer of 2018 some patient swimmers, event managers and business owners let me pick their brains as I…
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For swimmers by swimmers – new issue of Outdoor Swimmer Magazine out now
Outdoor Swimmer is an independent magazine published by swimmers for swimmers. And just to prove it, the new issue has…
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Nevis to St.Kitts Cross-Channel Swim
Turtles, rum punch and sunshine. Swim coach Stephen Baker enjoyed his first trip to the Caribbean The thought of visiting…
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My Swim Story – Ellen Taylor
Ellen Taylor has set herself the challenge of swimming every day for a year My hands are numb by the…
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2Swim4Life 2019
Last weekend, Guildford Lido once again hosted 2Swim4Life, as it has done every other year since 2011. I’ve been to…
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Diary of a wandering swimmer – in the wake of an orca
Kate Gillwood was born in Galashiels, Scotland, raised from three years old in Yorkshire, found herself in London for 30…
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Swim into Spring! May issue out now
We are very excited this issue to welcome Keri-anne Payne, Olympic silver medallist and double 10k open water world champion,…
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Becoming a cover model: Lindsey Cole
Our cover images policy at Outdoor Swimmer is, as far as possible, to celebrate real swimmers doing real swimming (rather…
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How a public flow of data can make the Thames fit to swim
Theo Thomas runs London Waterkeeper, an independent charity set up to challenge polluters and protect rivers in the capital and…
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Race strategy: What I learned at Oceanman Turkey
As well as an opportunity to do something I really enjoy doing (i.e. long distance swims outdoors), I find that…
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Join the #swimwildandfree movement
Outdoor Swimmer is an independent magazine produced by swimmers for swimmers. We don’t have the heft of a big publishing…
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This month we swam with…Bluetits Open Water Swimmers
Ella Foote meets a flock of wild swimmers on the Welsh coast The morning I swam with the Bluetits in…
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Training sessions 16 to 31 March 2019
In August 2019, I’m aiming to swim 21km (plus potentially a little more) at Vidöstern Simmet, which is billed as…
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New issue alert! April issue of Outdoor Swimmer on sale now
Mermaids! Romance! Time travel! Tescos! The April issue of Outdoor Swimmer has it all. Plus training sessions, technique advice, full…
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Diary of a wandering swimmer – imported sand, piscinas naturales and a pool to myself
Kate Gillwood was born in Galashiels, Scotland, raised from three years old in Yorkshire, found herself in London for 30…
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Swimterview with Libby Page
Ella Foote swims with Libby Page, author of The Lido You don’t swim somewhere for years and then you do…
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Alice Dearing: “You learn from every race, so the more you can do, the better”
Alice Dearing was the 2016 World Junior Open Water Champion and now has her sights set on a place in…
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Training sessions 15 to 28 February 2019
In August 2019, I’m aiming to swim 21km (plus potentially a little more) at Vidöstern Simmet, which is billed as…
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Sharron Davies
SwimQuest Swimming Holidays has announced a new partnership with household name Sharron Davies MBE to promote wellbeing and mental health.…
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Outdoor Swimmer Henley Swim Festival
Sign up now to benefit from early bird entry. Subscribers to Outdoor Swimmer magazine can also get VIP benefits including…
