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Happy New Year! While most magazines bring you variations

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OPEN WATER NEWS ROUND-UP

Adventurer and campaigner Lindsey Cole completed her

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We are a group of swimmers from Petersfield who call

#SWIMWILDANDFREE

David Potts ‘enjoying’ his first ever sub 10° skins

VIEW FROM THE WATER

Simon Griffiths asks us to sign Swim England’s pledge to improve school swimming

FROM THE ARCTIC CIRCLE TO TOOTING BEC

SwimTrek founder Simon Murie looks back to the birth of winter swimming championships in the UK

WATER SHREW

The tiny but mighty water shrew is Britain’s only venomous mammal. By Susanne Masters

WANDERING AS WATER

Pete Kelly shares a swim with an otter

A good challenge

Hazel Skelton swam from Goldhanger to Osea Island

2019 SWIM GUIDE

Our pick of the year’s must-do events for everyone from beginners to marathon swimmers

OSS Windsor and Maidenhead swimmers…

Driving into the car park adjacent to the Jubilee River

MINORITY REPORT

Why is there a dearth of men in outdoor swimming groups? Rowan Clarke gathered together a crew of male swimmers to ask them why they think their sex is in the minority

CHAIRMAN OF THE RIVERS

A life-long swimmer, Mao Zedong used his athletic achievements for political gain.

LIGHT IN THE WATER

Surviving winter, leaping for joy in Yorkshire. Ella Foote swims with writer Horatio Clare

COACH CASSIE

Our resident Olympian on how to kick start your new year

OFF THE CUFF

Combat shoulder pain with these rotator cuff exercises from Jeremy Granville-Chapman and Helen Walton

“I’M EXHAUSTED, AM I SHOWING SIGNS OF BURNOUT?”

Over-training, poor performance and loss of interest in swimming? You might be suffering from burnout, says Helen Davis

SUP: YOUR ALTERNATIVE TO WINTER SWIMMING?

Eugenie Verney says stand-up paddleboarding is a great way to connect with the water in winter while avoiding the shakes and shivers

WINTER TRAINING RECIPES

Pre, during and post-swim recipes from nutritionist Kathy Findlay to set your new year training regime off to a good start

CROATIAN COAST

Swim addict Lara Solomon explored the Dalmatian coast of Croatia

KVARNER SWIM CHALLENGE

Simon Griffiths travelled to Croatia to trial a new swimming event

SWIM THE SUCK

Jamie Ann Phillips swims the hottest ticket in open water swimming

LET’S SWIM!

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