With spring suddenly sprung, our thoughts are turning to longer summer swims. With that in mind, it is time to brush up on technique and start some training! In the Coach section this month, Dan Bullock serves up pool training sessions that replicate the open water, Olympic open water medallist Cassie Patten explains
how to plan marathon swim feeding and we look at how online coaching can help your stroke. Plus, we test the latest pool training tech. But if all this talk of spring and summer and warm water is too much for you, Rowan Clarke finds out how to get cold fix all year round with a homemade ice bath!
Elsewhere in the the current issue of Outdoor Swimmer magazine we meet environmental campaigner Angela Jones. One of the reasons we all swim is to be close to nature, but could our hobby be damaging the waterways we love? Angela explains how wild swimmers may be inadvertently damaging delicate eco-systems and how
some simple actions can stop us adding to the pollution of our waters.
"Water is healing, it carries you. It makes me feel alive.” Why do you swim? In the March issue we meet a group of cold water swimmers to explore the reasons we take to the water.
Ever fancied being a swimming postie? In our monthly history feature by award winning writer Elaine Howley we look at the Tin Can mail – a swimming postal service! And Ella Foote meets film maker Cat White whose new film Fifty-Four Days follows a girl who discovers outdoor swimming when grieving.
