Build your resilience over winter

In her first coaching feature for Outdoor Swimmer, Olympian Alice Dearing explains how resilience in winter is worth it when it comes to long summer days of swimming

At this time of year, winter can start to feel endless. Now the seasonal joy has disappeared, those dark mornings and short days require mental fortitude, but it’s worth it for the long summer days when the pendulum swings back in our favour and you can tackle those swims you have been daydreaming about while getting the winter meters in.