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Inspiration for anyone thinking of an English Channel relay
I’ve just read the article regarding why it is sometimes an advantage being a less experienced swimmer. I couldn’t agree more;…
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How hard do you chase your dreams?
In 2008, Gideon Nasilowski watched the Paralympic swimming in Beijing and set himself a goal: to become Namibia’s first Paralympic…
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Double Forth: is Sheila first?
The swim across the Forth River from Hawes Pier at South Queensferry to the pier at North Queensferry, and the…
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END-WET 27km down river swimming race
I did a great event this summer in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA of all places. It is a down-river…
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Another hot weekend, another tragedy, another call to avoid open water swimming
The routine is depressingly familiar. The sun comes out, people look for somewhere to cool off, someone drowns and the…
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Should race organisers be encouraging people to swim in the Thames?
Earlier this week I interviewed Nick Rusling, CEO of Human Race, one of the UK’s largest open water swimming event…
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When to test your limits, and when not to
There’s a motivational quote doing the rounds on Facebook at the moment that says something like: “You don’t know your…
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Lane etiquette for open water swimmers
We wade into this topic with some trepidation as nothing seems to provoke debate and heated exchanges among swimmers like…
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The Tyranny of the Pace Clock
It’s a tool anyone who’s trained in a pool should be familiar with and something coaches and swimming magazines (including…
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Why it’s sometimes an advantage to be a less experienced swimmer
Have you noticed how sometimes the least experienced swimmers set themselves the most audacious goals? I gave some examples in…
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David Coleman’s Jersey to France swim
Swimming from Jersey to France has long been an ambition of mine as it is recognised as a tough and…
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Insight into a world-beating two-way English Channel relay
On 14 July 2013 a team of women calling themselves Andy’s Channel Ladies two-way World Record Breakers did exactly what…
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How good do you want to be (and how hard will you work for it)?
ave you ever dreamed of being a faster swimmer, being able to conquer great distances or swim in near-freezing water?…
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Hell hath no fury – like a swum-over swimmer
The subject of proper pool behaviour seems as inexhaustible as a marathon swimmer. A few weeks back in our newsletter…
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“I’m doing an Ironman tomorrow: can you teach me to swim?”
If you want some cheap entertainment ask a swimming coach to regale you with some their stories. The “I’m doing…
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Ellery McGowan tackles the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim (MIMS)
I had been training hard for the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim (MIMS) since completing the 17.5-mile NYC Swim “Ederle Swim”…
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Anne-Marie Ward talks
This is an interview Anne-Marie Ward gave to Priority Sport where she describes her love of open water swimming and…
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Never mind the rain: Simon John Parkin’s Marlow experience
Eight o’clock on Sunday morning, 25 August 13, doing star jumps in the pouring rain, squeezed into a wetsuit and…
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How far is 3km?
It sounds like a trick question: 3km is 3,000m right? No question about it, unless perhaps you’re a physicist and…
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Water temperature and age: are they just numbers?
Open water swimmers it seems are obsessed with water temperature, and with good reason. It makes a big difference to…
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Would you help a swimmer in distress?
In our previous newsletter we asked, “how safe does it have to be before we can swim?” The topic generated…
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Why you need to get the line right when swimming across the current
In our previous newsletter we looked at the how swimming with or against the current affects your speed. This time…
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9 things to do in a race, other than racing
In our previous newsletter we talked about racing and pushing yourself to your limits – something that many of us…
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Lewis Gordon Pugh’s swimming secrets
In our February / March 2012 issue of the magazine we chose artic swimmer and environmental campaigner Lewis Gordon Pugh…
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What makes Australian open water swimmers so strong?
Rhys Mainstone tells us about Australian swimming, his training, ambitions and desire to grow open water swimming from a grass-roots…
