Embracing the challenges

“What if I’m too slow?” “What if I hate it?” Adaptive swimmer Sophie Etheridge explores the self doubts we all have entering our first swim events

Anyone that knows me, knows that I love open water swimming events – not just because I love swimming but because of the community, too. Since I got back into teaching and coaching swimming, I’ve realised that I would love events even more if some of ‘my’ swimmers were also taking part.