It’s a tool anyone who’s trained in a pool should be familiar with and something coaches and swimming magazines (including…

Have you noticed how sometimes the least experienced swimmers set themselves the most audacious goals? I gave some examples in…

ave you ever dreamed of being a faster swimmer, being able to conquer great distances or swim in near-freezing water?…

The subject of proper pool behaviour seems as inexhaustible as a marathon swimmer. A few weeks back in our newsletter…

If you want some cheap entertainment ask a swimming coach to regale you with some their stories. The “I’m doing…

It sounds like a trick question: 3km is 3,000m right? No question about it, unless perhaps you’re a physicist and…

Open water swimmers it seems are obsessed with water temperature, and with good reason. It makes a big difference to…

In our previous newsletter we asked, “how safe does it have to be before we can swim?” The topic generated…

In our previous newsletter we looked at the how swimming with or against the current affects your speed. This time…

In our previous newsletter we talked about racing and pushing yourself to your limits – something that many of us…

When looking at open water swimming race results recently I’ve noticed increasing numbers of the letters MY, MJ, FY and…

What a great response to the H2Open 2012 Open Water Swimming Awards: almost 50 nominations received already. Keep them coming…

As readers will have seen, in Issue 2 we take a serious look at wetsuits. As someone whose route into…

Over the past week we’ve had the opportunity to test some of the best swimming wetsuits on the market. Needless…

This weekend (8/5/11) I took part in the inaugural event of adventure racing company Endurancelife’s Wild Swim Series. The swim…

Having seen her brave Hampstead Lido in the middle of winter, we knew our fearless deputy editor had taken open…

Given that next issue we’ll be taking an in-depth look at Channel Swimming I thought it would be worth making…

Issue 2 has arrived – electronically, at least. Printed copies are being posted today (Friday 8 April 2011) so should…

Exciting times. The first issue of H2Open Magazine is due back from the printer imminently and we can’t wait to…

One of the joys of open water swimming is the exposure it gives you to the elements, especially if you…

The digital edition of Issue 5 is available HERE now. The print version has gone in the post to subscribers and will…

Look out next week (w/c 11 July 11) for our Wild Swim summer special issue of H2Open Magazine. Normally we’re…

A big focus on English Channel swimming, but plenty of other great open water swimming stuff too. Look out for…

As well as launching the new open water swimming magazine we’ve been busy recently upgrading our website to include the…

There’s something about open water swimming that seems to attract eccentrics: usually harmless and quite likeable eccentrics, but definitely a…