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Boost your speed and power in the water
Our new contributing coach Nicola Butler has passion for the pool and a lifetime of sporting prowess and experience. This…
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Get into the flow
Editor Ella Foote is also an open water swim coach, outdoor swim guide and teacher. This month she encourages us…
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Is outdoor swimming a hobby? Therapy? Treatment? Or is it a lifestyle?
For adaptive swimmer Sophie Etheridge, outdoor swimming is the gift that just keeps on giving
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From Udaipur to the UK
New contributor Jharna Kumawat fell in love with open water in India and now swims locally in Essex and Suffolk.…
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Swimming seeps into British culture
Ella Foote dives into a new exhibition celebrating swimming, floats through a lecture about faith and learns about the history…
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Bathing season in the Thames Valley
George Townsend explores the lost swimming places of the Thames Valley
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How to bring open water events and challenges into your training
In May, inland water temperatures in the UK start reaching the point where longer open water swims are possible, if…
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Nuliajuk’s swim
Netflix’s new series, ‘North of North’, brings an Inuit sea goddess to the surface. Words by Elaine K Howley
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On your marks
Rowan Clarke finds out how Olympian Adam Peaty is helping to instill a positive swimming lifestyle in young swimmers
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Lifestyle swimmers
Why is outdoor swimming so much more than a hobby? Rowan Clarke finds out
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Swimming is training for life
Simon Griffiths encourages you to widen your swimming repertoire!
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Deep Dive: Swimmer’s Ear
Dr Sarah Law shares her insights on swimmer's ear, a common ear infection that afflicts outdoor and pool swimmers.
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Making a splash in Hong Kong
American Brett Kruse fell in love with city swimming in Hong Kong and last year became the eighth person to…
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Grounded by water
At the launch of his debut novel, Before We Hit the Ground, Rowan Clarke finds out why Selali Fiamanya swims…
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The diary of a Greek Odyssey
Is there anything more poetic than swimming 100km to save a museum?
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Beyond the desert: wild swimming in Morocco’s heartland
Morocco’s outdoor swimming secrets lie inland, where rivers carve through ancient gorges and mountain lakes glisten under the North African…
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Why I Swim: Emilia Hart
Author Emilia Hart almost drowned as a child yet still loves the water. Her new book, The Sirens, is all…
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Pipsiglass: meaningful keepsakes for the swimming community
Pip Wilson creates figurines and meaningful keepsakes for the swimming community inspired by her love of water
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Swimming: a tool for health across cultures
We're thrilled to introduce new regular contributor, Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi who will be sharing the latest news and views from…
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Beyond borders
What are the universal things that connect us as swimmers, asks marathon swimmer Sarah Thomas
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Kickstart your swim event fitness
Personal trainer Vivienne Rickman outlines how to dryland train for the upcoming season
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Challenge sessions for your swim training
A challenge session is one where you go above and beyond what you normally do in your regular training or…
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Spring into the season
Care is still needed for spring swimming as the water is still cold and the weather can be fickle at…
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Ready for departure
Travelling by air can be an daunting prospect for a wheelchair user. Adaptive swimmer Sophie Etheridge shares her recent experiences.
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Mermaid of the seven seas
Open water swimmers need to be ambassadors for our precious blue spaces, Oceans Seven swimmer Bárbara Hernández tells Abigail Whyte
