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Fear of failure
I was on the swim team in high school. After trying several times, I finally made the team in grade…
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Karen Throsby’s Catalina swim
Many thanks to Beth Barnes who featured in our July issue on the I love open water swimming page for…
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Speedo Unforgettable Swims
Earlier this year Speedo launched a website atwww.unforgettableswims.com for people to share their favourite swimming memories. Interestingly, although perhaps unsurprisingly, many…
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The English Channel
Next issue is our English Channel special. We look at why this particular crossing has become the must-do swim for…
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Thank the volunteers
As a relatively competent and confident swimmer I don’t usually pay too much attention to the rescue boat volunteers at…
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WOWSA Nomination
When someone else singles you out for praise, and then makes a video about your achievements, it’s difficult to know…
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Great Salford Swim
It was the British Gas Great Salford Swim on Sunday (15th May) so we sent along our editor to make sure…
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Sarah’s swim training – step 2
I’m walking the length of a pool, face in the water blowing bubbles, with one arm outstretched in front of…
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Is the UK at risk of an inter-generational swimming crisis? – And what can be done about it?
We are at risk of condemning a generation of school children to missing out on the delights and benefits of…
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Richard Branson talks about The Swim
If you didn’t know already, Richard Branson and Ronan Keating announced earlier this year their intention to swim the Irish…
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A swim well executed – another way to think about swimming goals
Swim coach Dan Abel (Fit & Abel) took part in the April 2014 running of the State King of the Bays swim,…
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Sarah’s swim training – step 3
Week three of the Swim for Tri Learn Front Crawl class (http://bit.ly/muH5V6) and I am making progress. After two weeks…
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Summer madness
Back in February when we launched H2Open we thought it would be fun to produce a special summer issue on…
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Electronic subscriptions now available
At last! It has taken us a while to iron out some technical issues, but we can now finally offer…
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Thinking ahead
We had a team meeting this morning (18/4/11) to firm up what’s going into issue 3, coming out in June.…
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Some swimmers wear ties – get over it!
If you follow H2Open Magazine on social media, you may have noticed that last week we overlaid our Facebook, Twitter…
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Freakishly warm
Normally at this time of year I expect to wear a wetsuit and a neoprene hat, and still suffer from…
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2swim4life
I’ve just returned from Guildford Lido where 100 or so people are in the middle of the gruelling 2swim4lifechallenge. The event,…
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Raising the bar
Until two years ago I had never done any open water swimming. Yes, I’d swum in the pool, played water…
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Swimming with Angels
Standing on the shores of Playa Tamarindo under a nearly full moon on the island of Culebra, I was looking…
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Wild swimming for beginners!
Last summer I made it my mission to swim in the lakes of the Lake District. There are 16 according…
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Website upgrade
We’ve just upgraded our website with the capability to list open water swimming venues and events. Clubs with an interest…
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Issue 2 – Coming soon
I’ve spent the past few days editing some of the copy for April’s issue, and it’s looking good (although, I…
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Free access to electronic issue for subscribers
From today (22 March 11), subscribers to H2Open have free access to our digital edition as part of their subscription…
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Cold comfort? What I learned from a weekend retreat of ice baths and Wim Hof breathwork
Being a lifelong swimmer and cold dip convert in recent years, I figured it would be great to get to…
