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Always try to say yes (to open water swimming)
Tel Aviv, Yaron Davidi and Frank Turner’s wisdom I love music; it’s nearly as important to me as swimming. A…
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Get the main things right before worrying about the details
If you’ve been swimming for a while, you’ll know there isn’t a secret formula to turn you from plodder to…
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Seeking out the more challenging open water swims
I have been around swimming for a long time but sadly did not compete as a young lad. I have…
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Jim Boucher’s 2012 Ederle Swim
Regular long distance swim Jim Boucher sent us this report of his recent swim from the southern tip of Manhattan…
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Festive and New Year Dips
December25 Peter Pan Cup (100yd), Hyde Park, serpentineswimmingclub.com25 Christmas Day Dip, Felixstowe,stelizabethhospice.org.uk25 Christmas Day Harbour Swim, Weymouth,weymouthlionsclub.co.uk25 Exmouth Christmas Day…
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Aspire Manx Minkes Channel Swim
Jill Bunyan recently completed an English Channel relay crossing raising an impressive £17,000 for Aspire, the spinal cord injury charity,…
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Winter venue directory
Activities Away Thorpe Lane, Lincoln LN6 9NWOrganised session: SwimYourSwimSunday 9.30amswimyourswim.com/coaching/winter-swimming/winter-swim-club Andark LakeOslands Lane, Lower Swanwick, Southampton SO31 7EGThursday 7am-09.30am; Saturday…
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Fighting swim in Firth of Forth
A handful of swimmers, mostly with connections to British Gas, decided to tackle one of the UK’s most famous estuaries…
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Eight Swimrun Races to Enter in 2016
If you like a bit of trail running with your open water swimming, then the adventure sport of swimrun could…
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One Foot in the Wave – oldest English Channel relay
Michael Jennings, an English Channel swimmer in 1960, just doesn’t know when to give up. Now 74 years young he…
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Christmas gift wish list
If you haven’t yet decided what to put on your Christmas list, check out our selection of perfect open water…
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The Gladiator’s world swimming tour
Becoming an English Channel swimmer is tough, as we discovered in Oct / Nov 2011 issue of H2Open. For Thomas Noblett…
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Crossing long island sound
Bruce Olinder shares a family open water swimming tale from Long Island Sound Did you ever stand on the shore…
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Brian Kinsella’s perfect day
In all my 54 years I have never been a good swimmer: out of breath after 2 lengths of a…
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Mark Robson tackles Windermere
Lake Windermere features highly on many aspiring Channel Swimmer’s training to do lists but at 10.5 miles long it is…
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Southend to All Hallows to Leigh on Sea
It started one spring day in Leigh on Sea as an idle bet over a pint with a couple of…
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Chris Smith – Escaping Alcatraz
Chris Smith only learnt to swim at the age of 46, at a time where a spinal injury prevented him…
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A 10km Dart Adventure by Simon James
A couple of years ago I joined the Outdoor Swimming Society after reading a book called Wild Swim by Kate…
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The Ice Queen Cometh
Jackie Cobell is tight lipped about her next challenge. “It is down south,” is all she will say, “and very,…
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Profile: John Lunt
John Lunt has always loved endurance sport. He did his first triathlon in 1984 and raced Iron distance triathlon in…
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I loved every single stroke – Part 2 (The Swim – Windermere two-way)
For Part 1 (training) – see here.On 6 August 2013, the day before my swim, I met my guide for the…
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I loved every single stroke – Part 1
Back in November 2012 I started doing some additional training for an 800m time trial, which I managed to do…
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John Wheaton’s failure to sight properly at the Emerald City open water swim
“Where’s the turn buoy?” one of my fellow swimmers asked. We were treading water, waiting for the start gun at…
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David Coleman – two-way Windermere
This was a swim that was not meant to happen this year. I had planned to swim from Jersey to…
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Beth French: Redefining parameters
Beth French is no stranger to overcoming incredible challenges. In 1993, ME left her wheelchair bound, but after after almost…
