Tag: Long distance swimming
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A few extra kilos may keep you warmer in cool water, but could also slow you down. Over the past few years, I’ve put on about 5kg. A common occurrence in mid-life, perhaps, but I attribute mine to running less, swimming more and starting resistance training rather than age or change in diet. I’m not…
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Swimming with the current will help you more if you’re a slower swimmer Recently, I completed a 10km swim in the Thames in around 90 minutes. But I haven’t become superhuman. I had a massive boost from an outgoing tide. The swim was a test for Swim London, an event taking place in September, and…
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Short swims are not just for beginners, says Lucy Young I’m writing this still buzzing from my recent swim at Brighton. It was another fun day out with my 16-year-old son Ed, who was doing his second-ever open water event (you can read how his first one made me feel here). The water was glorious,…
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Swimming Induced Pulmonary Edema is not as well known as it should be. This is my experience of it.
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One of the joys in swimming are those moments of transformation – when you discover you can do (and enjoy) something you didn’t think you would.
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SCAR is an annual open water swimming challenge through four lakes in Arizona. Renaissance Swimmer Club member Marti Henshaw decided to swim Lake Saguaro in 2026. It turned out she picked a difficult year!
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Whether you’re sprinting or doing long distances, in warm water or cold, swimming has an amazing capacity to delight us so long as we stay in the moment.
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(Image: Anna-Karin at UltraSwim 33.3 (c) John Ross Svensson / Ultraswim 33.3) From Olympic Breaststroker to Technique‑Obsessed Open Water Coach I caught up (and swam against) Olympian and top swimming coach Anna‑Karin Lundin at UltraSwim 33.3 Montenegro in October 2025 and persuaded her to reveal some of the secrets behind her speedy swimming. It’s been…
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At 62, Olivier Delfosse still trains to win and set records. He spoke with Ben Lane. When Olivier Delfosse talks about swimming, his story spans decades from a 1970s pool in Brussels to the bends of river swims and the long, restless blue between Capri and Napoli. At sixty-two, he still trains to win, not…
