English Channel
Articles tagged: English Channel
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A new lease of life as an open water swimmer
Athlete Glyn Marston looks back on 30 years of charity fundraising in his running shoes and in the open water.
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Fastnet: The Final Challenge, by Stephen Redmond
What does it take to swim the Oceans Seven? Or rather, what did it take to become the first person…
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Listen to endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh on a new podcast
Endurance swimmer and UN Patron of the Oceans, Lewis Pugh talks about his role as an advocate for the ocean,…
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Jersey to France relay swim
In July, Audrey Burkley joined Sally Minty-Gravett and novice swimmers and breast cancer survivors Anne King and Angela Harvey-Jones on…
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UN patron Lewis Pugh attempts world’s first swim across the Red Sea
Lewis Pugh's swim across the Red Sea highlights the vulnerability of coral reefs, which support 25 per cent of all…
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Bristol Channel swim in support of Motor Neurone Disease
On 20 September Fergal Somerville became the oldest swimmer and first Irish man to swim the Bristol Channel.
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Yoga for open water swimmers – Part 2
Part two of a series of yoga exercises to help improve your swimming both physically and mentally
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A training day in the life of Andy Donaldson
Oceans Seven challenger Andy Donaldson tells us about a typical day in his rigorous swim training.
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Yoga for open water swimmers – Part 1
Part one of a series of yoga exercises to help improve your swimming both physically and mentally
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Cold water swimming: a guide to temperature
Do you like your water 'balmy' and 'alright (once you get used to it)' or 'effing cold'? Read on for…
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New female record set for Loch Awe swim
On Monday 19 September, Alice Goodridge successfully completed her solo swim of the length of Loch Awe, Scotland’s longest freshwater…
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The Cross Bay Swim: What Price Glory?
Edward Chessman may be the last person to have crossed the finish line at the Cross Bay Swim, but he…
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Lake Geneva calls the Crawlers
The Kingsdown Crawlers take on a five-person relay swim in Lake Geneva, completing the 78km length in 26 hours and…
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Meet Lynne Cox
In the first of our new series of Outdoor Swimmer patron events, veteran long-distance swimmer Lynne Cox shared stories of…
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How do you train for the Ocean’s Seven challenge?
Chilean marathon swimmer Bárbara Hernández Huerta shares a typical training day for the Ocean’s Seven challenge.
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Around the Isle of Wight on the Blindside
Mark Critchlow was registered Severely Visually Impaired in December 2011. Since then he has taken up outdoor swimming and completed…
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Marcy MacDonald battles tide to reach Belgium
American swimmer Marcy MacDonald has become the first person to swim solo from England to Belgium.
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16-year-old completes 18km Lake Windermere swim
We speak with Gabrielle Furlong, the youngest person to complete this year’s Lake Windermere swim, about swimming for her mental…
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On Sunday 7 August, Sally Minty-Gravett became the first person to swim the English Channel over six consecutive decades
We spoke to Sally Minty-Gravett about her ‘textbook’ sixth Channel crossing and the long journey it has taken to get…
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New record for late season English Channel swim
French swimmer Steve ‘the Seal’ Stievenart is set to claim a new record for the latest English Channel swim on…
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Chloë McCardel makes history after completing record 44th crossing of the English Channel
The Australian has surpassed Alison Streeter's record of 43 crossings, making her the new Queen of the English Channel –…
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“I didn’t make it across the English Channel – but training for it bought me time”
Training alone for hours on end in cold, rough seas, battling currents, swells and jellyfish, all in the knowledge that…
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Record set for first butterfly relay crossing of the English Channel
A team of swimmers from the Serpentine Swimming Club in London, England, have become the first relay team to cross…
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4-way English Channel swimmer Sarah Thomas talks cold water tolerance
At first, cold water tolerance was a necessary evil for me to succeed in swimming – but I learnt to…
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Sarah Thomas and her historic 4-way crossing of the English Channel
In the early hours of Sunday 15 September 2019, Sarah Thomas set off on an unprecedented four-way English Channel swim.…
