“The toughest swim of my life” | Take your training back to open water | NEW Spring(s) issue!
Published: Sat, 04/29/23
Your essential weekly edit of outdoor swimming
YOUR ESSENTIAL WEEKLY EDIT OF OUTDOOR SWIMMING
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Dear fellow swimmers
I’m looking forward to May. It’s a month of beauty, anticipation and possibility. The northern hemisphere summer swimming season has started. Well, maybe. But, the water is getting warmer (reluctantly, it seems), the days are getting longer,
and I finally feel inclined to start doing longer swims outdoors. Speaking of which, we have an ongoing partnership with ClimateGames, the app that helps you remove plastic from the ocean just by swimming. To celebrate May’s promise of warmer swimming, we’ve set a bigger challenge than usual. Can you swim 45km over 31 days? Download the app and give it a go.
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Simon Griffiths Founder & Publisher
NEWS
MYSWIMATHON IS NOW OPEN
Join the world’s largest annual fundraising swim at a venue of your choice and at a time that suits you with MySwimathon. Plus, Outdoor Swimmer readers can get 25% off their Swimathon 2023 entry! Use code OSLC25 to save 25% on your entry. Registrations close on Tuesday 9 May.
“THE TOUGHEST SWIM OF MY LIFE”: OCEANS SEVEN
CHALLENGER ANDY DONALDSON COMPLETES THE MOLOKAI CHANNEL
Scotsman Andy Donaldson has passed the halfway mark of his Oceans Seven Challenge, enduring strong winds, currents and severe nausea while swimming the Molokai Channel in Hawaii.
This year’s Arla Great North Swim and SwimRun events are less than 2 months away and we can’t wait to head back to the banks of Windermere, on Friday 9-Sunday 11 June, for the UK’s biggest open water swim event! We’ve got distances to suit all levels and abilities, ranging from a 250m beginner option – right up to a marathon
10k swim distance.
Entries have been flying in over the last couple of weeks, so now’s most definitely the time to secure your spot on the start line!
With the water getting warmer, it’s time to take your training back to the open water, says Jonathan Cowie, in this article from the May edition of Outdoor Swimmer. (Premium content).
Having strong core muscles is important in all our swimming strokes as it is in many functional movements in our everyday activities. The woodchop is a great move for challenging the stability of the muscles that surround the trunk of our body as well as the hip and shoulders, says Vivienne Rickman.
Later this year Mark Johansen will attempt to swim the Catalina Channel, from Catalina Island to Los Angeles, to honour the life of his dear friend Jody Jones
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OUTDOOR SWIMMER EXTRA SPRING CLEAN: THE HEALING WATERS OF SPRINGS
From geothermal spas to icy plunge pools, Rowan Clarke explores the clean, healing waters of springs in this feature from the May edition of Outdoor Swimmer. (Premium
content).
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To celebrate the start of Summer, Red is giving away an epic prize package including Limited-Edition design 10’6” Ride Red Paddle Co inflatable paddle board.
