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Learn to sprint on an endurance swim
Simon Griffiths analyses the value of changing pace on long distance swims
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How to use the pool to taper before that big event
Swim coach Nicola Butler introduces the tapering phase, which gives your body time to fully recover, repair damaged tissues and…
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It starts with a mile
Jharna Kumawat's first event was a mile in the Serpentine and she's now training for Ullswater end to end. This…
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All the lidos
Lidos are magical and we want in. Rowan Clarke chats to Jem Collins to find out how we can collect…
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Main character energy
Rowan Clarke meets elite swimmer, Becca Mann, about her candid new memoir, Outside the Lanes
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The main events
Are events still the route into outdoor swimming? Rowan Clarke investigates
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Embracing the challenges
"What if I'm too slow?" "What if I hate it?" Adaptive swimmer Sophie Etheridge explores the self doubts we all…
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Deep Dive: Swimmer’s Skin
Cancer Research UK reports that melanoma skin cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the UK, accounting for five…
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Yoga has your back
Building back strength, while working on mobility and flexibility, will help us to feel strong in the water says personal…
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Thirty swims before 30!
Sometimes the best swimming challenges are those we dream up for ourselves. Jodie Hoskin tells us her story
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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?
