Sneak preview of the March issue! Order your copy of the new issue of Outdoor Swimmer magazine now for delivery next week. 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