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Build your own adventure
There’s enormous joy to be found in building your own adventure, not for performance but for play, says editor Ella…
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Plan your own event training
The preparation needed for a 400m sprint in a pool would be very different from that required for a long-distance…
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How personal goals transform your time in the pool
Training for your own challenge isn’t about racing the person in the next lane or hitting elite level times. It’s…
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Yokehill: establishing a new open water swimming venue
Marathon swimmer and multi-ice miler, David Coleman discovers having a lake to swim in is just the beginning of a…
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My Lake Annecy challenge
Jharna Kumawat tells us about her swim project that is ambitious and yet simple
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Hector Pardoe: This time it’s personal
Alice Dearing sat down with the King of the Lakes and two times Olympian, Hector Pardoe, to ask how it…
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Unchartered waters
Why design your own open water swimming adventures? Rowan Clarke finds out
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How to plan your own swim adventure
Embrace the adventure inherent in outdoor swimming says Simon Griffiths
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DIY challenges
Challenges on a grand scale or a daily scale – they are all valid and important, says adaptive swimmer Sophie…
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Community health – helping each other
Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi explores the health benefits of night swimming and group sessions
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Swimming my swim
Fourteen-year-old Alexander Sixsmith has found freedom, focus and confidence through open water swimming. Living with DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) and…
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How to do Moon Salutations
While sun salutations are generally an invigorating morning yoga practice, moon salutations are thought to be more calming and often…
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Night training – finding the right balance
Training at night can be highly effective, and with the right balance, it can support both fitness and overall wellbeing,…
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After dusk
In general, but not always, bodies of water are often calmer at night, so instead of having to swim at…
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Quiet courage in the darkess
Jharna Kumawat finds calm, connection and quiet courage through night swimming
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Crewing through the night
Elaine K. Howley, usually our guide to the tides of swimming history, turns inward this month, exploring her mother’s final…
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Where black water meets sky
In this reflection for Outdoor Swimmer, John Lewis-Stempel, the prize-winning nature writer and Herefordshire farmer, draws on a lifetime of…
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Learning the light
With her book, 'Apothecary By The Sea: A Year In An Orkney Garden' out this month, we asked Victoria Bennett…
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Executing hard sessions in the pool …the right way!
Tougher swim sessions are the engine room of swim performance - but they need intention, structure, mindset and execution, says…
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Endurance swimming: the night element
Take your time, start small and prepare well for the nighttime element of your endurance swim, says Olympian Alice Dearing
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Swimming with sparkle
For swimmers lucky enough to encounter bioluminescene, Marine Biologist Helen Scales reveals what’s really happening when the water starts to…
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Into the inky depths
Endurance training or sensual submersion, Rowan Clarke explores night swimming
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Into the dark
For long-distance swimmer Sophie Etheridge, night swimming allows you to truly let go
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The thrill (and fear) of night swimming
Simon Griffiths explores the wonder, thrill and fear of swimming at night – and shares his top tips for doing…
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Meet Surfsmile founder Ryan Jean
Surfsmile Founder Ryan Jean started his organisation after his experience volunteering with a children’s surf therapy charity. Today his brand…
