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Dealing with lane etiquette and lane rage
A few weeks back Pauline Squire, bravely in our opinion, posted a comment on the Outdoor Swimming Society’s Facebook page…
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Dancing in the Water
Dancing in the Water by Wayne Ewing follows US adventure swimmer Matthew Moseley as he swims 25 miles across Lake Pontchartrain…
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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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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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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…
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Matt Baker – Henley to Marlow solo
Two months after the official Henley Swim Bridge to Bridge event, I swam the same 14.1km course between the landmark…
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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…
