Planning for colder swims
Channel swimmer Sophie Etheridge shares her top tips for preparing for the cold water season ahead
A few years ago, if you had asked me what the open water swimming ‘season’ is, I would have answered “April to early September”. If you ask me now, I say that there are two; the summer season which is when most open water swimming events happen and most people swim in open water, and the winter season from around November to March.
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