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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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Fit to fat to fit again – Ed Williams recounts his swimming journey to the North Channel
Ed Williams is a swimming teacher based in Cambridge and an extreme marathon swimmer. He’s aiming to take on one…
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How I became a Scilly girl
Lou Walker took part in the first-ever 15k Scilly Swim Challenge in September 2014 – and she’d whole-heartedly recommend it,…
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A dog ate my clothes, Officer
Dogs eating books has been a standard excuse for students ever since homework was invented, but how about dogs eating…
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Train for the worst and hope for the best – it might happen
Garry Seghers took part in an English Channel relay this summer for Diabetes UK. He shares his experience here. A…
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How Rhona McGregor overcame her fears and fell in love with open water
‘Open water swimming! Are you mad?’ Well, that’s what people say when you tell them you spend your Sunday mornings…
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From beginner to Robben Island swimmer in four months
Neither John Gunn nor John Paul Matthews (JP) had much open water experience. In fact, four months ago they were…
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Beating the tide, just. Janine Serell reports on her Manhattan to Sandy Hook swim
Janine Serell was the twelfth and final person to finish this year’s 17.5 mile swim from Manhattan to Sandy Hook,…
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Annual German Open Water Championships
On 3 July, Adam Warner (24) travelled to Hamburg in Germany to take part in the German open water championships.…
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Sabrina Wiedmer swims the North Channel
Fergal Sommerville, who completed a fantastic early season North Channel swim in 2013, was delighted to have the opportunity to…
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A gentle swim across Europe’s largest volcanic lake
On Saturday, 14 June 2014, Kristy McIntyre, Mark Fabik and John Tierney of London’s Serpentine Swimming Club took a leisurely swim…
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How a great coach made all the difference
Belgian swimmer Jean-Luc Piens says he would never have completed his English Channel crossing without the support and guidance of…
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Going to any length… A Sean Conway Interview
In this interview with Jack Ross, endurance and adventure athlete Sean Conway discusses the challenges of becoming the first man…
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Cliona Saidlear: The Bonus Swim
Cliona Saidlear is taken on a delightful and inspiring swim by two SwimTrek guides – on their day off! Even…
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Open water swimmer Alex Meyer on becoming a full-time athlete and training
US swimmer Alex Meyer is a former 25km open water swimming world champion (2010) and represented his country in the…
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Keri-Anne Payne talks about swimming, training and chocolate
Keri-Anne Payne featured as our open water hero in the first issue of H2Open Magazine. She spoke about her Olympic…
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Mad Cows come home
On Sunday morning the Cumbrian Open Water Swimmers (COWS), definitely mad, arrived back home, after completing the challenge of swimming…
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Nevis to St Kitts: one width breaststroke
Different swimmers can have very different experiences of the same swim. Last week we heard from Liz Torode, who came…
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Jim Doty: A swimmer who made a difference, and a swim in his memory
Some swimmers do more than just swim – they make a difference to their communities and other people’s lives. On…
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Beware the perils of overconfidence – and some tips on swimming straight
Having completed a reasonably large number of open water swims I believe (at least, I believed until now) that I…
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Why I was happy to get stung by a jellyfish
Until this weekend, I had never been stung by a jellyfish. I’ve swum many times in water where jellyfish have…
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Why open water swimmers should consider joining a masters swim club
Last weekend, hundreds of adult swimmers gathered in Sheffield for the 2015 ASA National Masters and Senior Age Group Championships.…
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Kids’ goggles: Right intention, wrong approach
I stumbled across a news story the other day about a school that had banned the use of goggles during…
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The anatomy of a 12-hour pool swim
Swimming 12 hours non-stop in a 50m chlorinated outdoor pool is not for the faint-hearted. And I’m not alluding to…
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Watch out Tom Daley, there’s a new champion in town
It has been a weekend of frenzied competition in the world of swimming. In the FINA World Championships in Kazan,…
