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Mermaids, witches and sirens. Cold water swimming and ageing. Swim faster by swimming slowly, faster

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Jonathan Cowie is our former editor. He is a year-round skins swimmer with a particular love of very cold water. He has competed in ice swimming competitions around the world. He is a qualified open water coach with a particular love of introducing new swimmers to the open water.