FINA roundup

EDITOR’S LETTER

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OUTDOOR SWIMMER / SELKIE READER PHOTO CONTEST

Submit your best swimming photos for a chance to see

Current neutral century: new world record for Sarah Thomas

Current neutral century: new world record for Sarah

ARCH TO ARC ATHLETE DIES ATTEMPTING TO SWIM ENGLISH CHANNEL

ARCH TO ARC ATHLETE DIES ATTEMPTING TO SWIM ENGLISH

I’ll take Manhattan: 40 Bridges

Some people will go a long way for a unique sightseeing

CHLOË MCCARDEL TO ATTEMPT QUADRUPLE ENGLISH CHANNEL

Australian ultra-marathon swimmer, Chloë McCardel,

Making the impossible seem possible

After swimming 88km, Caroline Block called time on her historic double North Channel attempt. But she’ll be back…

THEY’VE PUT US ON THE MAP

Is the Lake District National Park the first Wild Swimming World Heritage Site, asks Pete Kelly

Write in… Have your say

Waiting on the aubergine for my baba ganoush to finish

SWIM SNAPS

Send us your best pics of your outdoor swims to editor@outdoorswimmer.com.

VIEW FROM THE WATER

We need to teach our children how to stay safe while swimming, says Simon Griffiths

Queens Beach North, Scarborough, Australia

Clear water and turtles make Queens Beach North Mark Otter’s favourite swim spot. Just don’t mention the jet skiers…

EUROPEAN EELS

Awe inspiring long distance swimmers and kindred wild spirits. By Susanne Masters

RACING ACROSS THE CHANNEL

Butlin’s Holiday Parks sponsored a series of races across the English Channel in the 1950s. By Elaine K Howley WEATHER

ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS

One of the most charming and useful aspects of marathon

PUT FEAR ASIDE

Five beginner swimmers and their swim coach took on the 70km length of Lake Geneva. Lorraine Candy of Team Swim&Tonic reports

YOUR GUIDE TO

How you can support the outdoor swimming community

GIVING BACK

Swimming clubs don’t run themselves. Club swims and

ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS

Around 50 children drown in Bangladesh every day. Becky Horsbrugh travelled to Sreepur Village north of Dhaka to teach children to swim as part of a drowning prevention programme

A LOVE LETTER TO ORKNEY’S WILD WATERS

Ella Foote meets Victoria Whitworth, author of Swimming with Seals, a memoir about the transformative power of swimming outdoors

COACH CASSIE

Our resident Olympian answers your swimming questions

TAKE YOUR TRAINING OUTSIDE PART 2

Build endurance and improve your open water skills with these sessions from Fiona Ford

NO ARM DRIVING PLEASE!

In part three of his series looking at the basics of front crawl technique, Ocean Walker coach and founder Adam Walker explains why driving your arms into the water actually makes you less efficient

TAKE CONTROL

Helen Davis looks at how you can ‘control the controllables’ of your race

SPEEDY RECOVERY RECIPES

Here are a three quick and easy recovery dinners from nutritionist Kathy Findlay for when time is short. Fill up, fuel up and prep your muscles ready for your next training session

GET THE WORK DONE WELL

Mat Hudson, master coach at Total Immersion and head coach at Mediterra International, looks at why you should concentrate on quality as well as quantity

WILD SWIM ROAD TRIP

Five swimmers with an inflatable tent, an estate car and a plan to try out as many different Irish swims as possible in three nights. Susanne Masters explores the wild swimming spots of Ireland

DIP INTO THE PAST

Cannons and ruined castles make exploring Scotland’s abandoned tidal pools an eerie experience, says Julia Horton

SWIMMING WITH SEAHORSES

Lucy Young travelled to Dorset for this friendly, well-organised event

WE CAN DO IT!

Caroline Hurley and six other swimmers with hearing loss competed in the Love SwimRun Llanberis race

ETON SWIM

Simon Griffiths revisits an old favourite, Human Race’s Eton Swim at Dorney Lake

DOCK 2 DOCK

Simon Griffiths takes part in the second edition of NOWCA’s Dock 2 Dock in London

BEAUTIFUL BROWNSEA

It’s a scramble to secure a place in the Brownsea Swim, but well worth the effort says Simon Griffiths

LET’S SWIM!

UK AND INTERNATIONAL EVENT LISTINGS

TRIED & TESTED

ALL THE LATEST GEAR, KIT, NUTRITION PRODUCTS AND BOOKS

SAVE OUR SWIM SPOT

Fiona Weir led the campaign to have ‘No Swimming’ signs replaced at Sparth Reservoir

FROM ONE MILE TO WINDERMERE ONE-WAY

Jacqui Hargrave’s outdoor swimming journey started with a one-mile swim in Windermere. This summer she will be swimming its 10-mile length