Last weekend was the Great North Swim, which takes place on Windermere in the Lake District. It’s Britain’s largest mass…

At a recent event I came across a young man (late teenager I guess) who was bitterly disappointed about his…

How many times in the national and regional press have you read the word ‘brave’ to describe people going about…

We decided it was that time of year to draw up a list of suggestions for New Year’s resolutions for…

If you’re a regular pool swimmer (which we know from oursurvey that many open water swimmers also are) you’ll probably have…

Earlier this week a number of papers were talking about ‘Blue Monday’, describing it as the most depressing day of…

The Amateur Swimming Association is currently running its annual T30 challenge for masters swimmers. It’s open until 31 January so…

Regular readers will have noticed that we’re sometimes a little fussy at H2Open about our choice of words. We don’t…

Swimming Pool News report that more than 300 public swimming pools have closed down within the last 18 months. The…

Every now and then, when driving, you come across a cyclist out in the dark, in black clothing, face mostly…

About twice a week I get up early to swim. I go to the pool (or maybe a lake in…

There was a story on the BBC website recently about people campaigning to keep railway level crossings open. National Rail,…

Michael Phelps’s return to competitive swimming at the Arena Grand Prix in Arizona has been greeted with excitement by both…

This weekend we went to the Great North Swim in Windermere. At the beginning of many of the waves the…

This weekend I visited an open water swimming venue I haven’t been to since last year. The first thing I…

The plan this week was to write more about the Henley Mile Suits versus Skins challenge that took place on…

Elite swimmers race in packs for a simple reason. If you swim behind and to the side of another swimmer,…

You see these types of lists circulating on Facebook from time to time; “you know you’re a whatever when…” There’s probably one…

Last week, courtesy of Swiss Tourism and Human Race, I had the opportunity to spend four days in Switzerland. This…

One of our advertisers asked me yesterday if I could say in a few words what the difference is between…

One of the pleasures of writing about open water swimming is the opportunity it gives me to meet and talk…

Earlier this week we posted a short message on our Facebook page checking people hadn’t been caught out by Sunday’s…

What do you think when going through a cold water swim? Is it anything like the following, or something completely…

From an open water swimming perspective, this winter feels different. Previously, except for a few determined individuals, the ‘season’ effectively…