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Oceanman Turkey

How to swim one million metres in a year

Simon Griffiths • 23 Dec 2019

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A tale of two swimruns

Simon Griffiths • 12 Dec 2019

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Nominate your Outdoor Swimmer Unsung Heroes

Jonathan Cowie • 27 Nov 2019

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How to swim 10km with Marathon Swims

Simon Griffiths • 20 Nov 2019

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A swimmer’s paradise on Ullswater

Joanne Jones • 19 Nov 2019

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Why is an 800m race in the pool harder than the same distance in open water?

Simon Griffiths • 29 Oct 2019

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Tempted by swimrun? How should you go about adding running to your swim training?

Simon Griffiths • 21 Oct 2019

Features

Red Bull 2020 Promotion 1

Red Bull New Year, New Challenge

Jonathan Cowie • 10 Jan 2020

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Remembering Charles Sprawson

Ella Foote • 9 Jan 2020

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Making history in the English Channel

Luke Chamberlain • 7 Jan 2020

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Winter lido swimming tips

5 Dec 2019

Helsinki Sea Pool

Our top 5 urban swim spots

Luke Chamberlain • 27 Nov 2019

Grey Seals

Wild Swimming with Grey Seals

Susanne Masters • 19 Nov 2019

Jet – Worldwide Travel

Sustainable travel

Olivia Weatherill • 9 Oct 2019

Readers' Swims

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Diary of a wandering swimmer – A year in open water from lochs, orca trails and sea pools to the stacks of St Kilda

Kate Gillwood • 3 Jan 2020

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Diary of a wandering swimmer – a weekend of clarity

Kate Gillwood • 12 Nov 2019

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From Olympic trials to the Thames: finding a new direction in swimming

George Taplin • 29 Oct 2019

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Diary of a wandering swimmer - swimming in a spot I cannot name

Kate Gillwood • 1 Oct 2019

Ollie Wilkinson Magnetic Island Swim

What happened when Oliver Wilkinson challenged his identical twin to a swimming race?

Oliver Wilkinson • 9 Sep 2019

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They are all mad in Doncaster

Sarah Hicks • 20 Aug 2019

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My Swim Story – Laura Hope Smith

Laura Hope Smith • 19 Aug 2019

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