The March issue of Outdoor Swimmer draws together a selection of entertaining features, stories and practical advice to inspire your spring swimming adventures. We ask 'Why do we swim?', find out how wild swimmers could be contributing to river pollution and how we can be more responsible swimmers, brush up on our training and technique in our Coach section, and hear news and views from our expert contributors. Whether you are a cold water dipper or Channel swimmer, dive into the March issue of Outdoor Swimmer Magazine. 

Here's a taster of what you can find inside:

Features

• Why do you swim? Photo essay meeting cold water swimmers from Bath Open Water Beauties
• Wild swimming: A new threat to our rivers? How to be a responsible swimmer
• Swimterview: Filmmaker Cat White
• Swimming history: The Tin Can Mail

Coach – Maximise Your Potential

• Cassie Patten: How to plan marathon swim feeding
• Pool Page: Pool sessions that replicate open water
• Virtual coaching: How an online coach can improve your swimming
• Ice baths: Get your cold water fix all year round
• Wetsuit Hire: the advantages of not buying a wetsuit
• Meditation: An easy practice for beginners
• Gear: Pool training tech on test
• Events: Comprehensive UK and international race listings

Columnists

• Sarah Thomas: Those who don’t jump will never fly
• Joe Minihane: The power of the light
• Alice Goodridge: Returning to the river
• Caroline Saxon: Does poor preparation lead to poor performance?
• Simon Griffiths: Outdoor swimming and disability
• Jonathan Cowie: Swimming in circles
• Simon Murie: Training for distance
• Pete Kelly: Another Turn Around the Sun

Plus!

• Travel: The best of the Balearics
• Eco Pages: Frogs, underwater photos and kelp restoration
• Event reviews: Ice swimming championships
• Open water news round-up
• Swimming Around… Oxford
• Swim Life: Your letters, poems and photos