THE DIP | How to calm first event nerves | Watch our Q&A with author Freya Bromley

THE DIP | How to calm first event nerves | Watch our Q&A with author Freya Bromley | Goggles reviewed

Published: Sat, 07/08/23

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Dear fellow swimmers

Much of this week has been about preparing for this weekend's Outdoor Swimmer Henley Swim Festival, where we’re the headline sponsor and event partner for Henley Swim’s wonderful celebration of river swimming. The festival is always a favourite in the calendar. It is such a wonderful opportunity to meet swimmers and readers. There are a lot of swimming events about but this one is so much more than a swim, it is a festival of like-minded people gathered on the banks of the River Thames that celebrates all sorts of swimmers. You can swim the Henley Mile, a half-mile or just take a dip in the STA free lido area. Don't worry if you haven't entered yet, you could enter on the day or come along to just be a part of it all!

This year I have been working with local bookseller The Bell Bookshop to set up a proper pop-up book shop at the event. We have invited some brilliant swimming authors to come down, sign books, meet and greet readers. Contributors like Susanne Masters and Jo Tinsley will be there to share their beautiful books as well as other authors like Doreen Cunningham, Mark Radcliffe, Kellan MacInnes, Rebecca Beattie and many more!

One of my favourite things about the event is a chance to meet readers and swimmers, so please come and say hello, Outdoor Swimmer will have a tent in the centre of the event village. I am also looking forward to swimming one or two miles in the river, which is where I first started event training many years ago. Celebrating rivers is the focus of our July issue, so if you love river swimming or want to learn more about it, do buy a copy or even better subscribe to the magazine!

Meanwhile in Yorkshire, there are just a few days left to help fund a project to convert a former Victorian-built water treatment works on Thornton Moor into a self-sustaining centre for outdoor activity and outdoor swimming. Please do support if you can – it is projects like this that will help build a future for outdoor swimming.

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How to calm first event nerves

Signed up for your first swimming event and feeling nervous? We share some top tips for overcoming those pre-event jitters.
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Watch our Q&A with Freya Bromley, author of The Tidal Year – a memoir on swimming and grief.

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EVENTS COMING SOON

JULY

OUTDOOR SWIMMER HENLEY SWIM FESTIVAL (200m, ½ mile, 1 mile, 4 mile)

9 July 2023 | Henley-on-Thames
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THE WALES SWIMRUN (Full 7km swim, 26km run; Sprint 4.7km swim, 14km run)
22 July 2023 | Freshwater East, Pembrokeshire
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RD5 ROYAL DOCKS 5K SWIM (5km)
22 July 2023 | London
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AUGUST

LA TRAVERSEE DU LAC TREMBLANT (1km, 2km, 3km, 5km, 10km, 15km)

3-8 August 2023 | Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
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THAMES MARATHON AND HALF MARATHON (5.5km, 13km)
13 August 2023 | Marlow
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GO SWIM LOCH TAY (250m, 750m, 1.5km, 3km, 5km, 10km)
19 August 2023 | Kenmore, Aberfeldy
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BEAT THE TIDE 4K (4km)

19 August 2023 | Aberdovey
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THE DYFI (13km)
20 August 2023 | Aberdovey
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SEPTEMBER

GO SWIM LOCH LOMOND (250m, 750m, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, 10000m)
2 September | Loch Lomond, Balloch
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THE BIG BRUTAL SWIM (2.5k, 5k and 10k)
10 September | Llanberis, North Wales
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SWIM CASCAIS '23 (1km, 1.9km, 3.8km, 5km, 10km, 20km)
23 September | Cascais, Portugal
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ULTRASWIM 33.3 #2 MONTENEGRO (33km, 6 swims over 4 days)
29 Sep-3 Oct | Herceg Novi, Montenegro
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SWIMTHEISLAND – GOLFO DELL'ISOLA (800m, 1.1km, 1.8km, 3.5km, 6km)
30 Sep-1 Oct | Bergeggi, Italy
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OCTOBER

GREAT BARRIER REEF OCEAN SWIM SERIES (1km, 3km, 5km)

21 October | Port Douglas, North Queensland
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COOL MILE, TAL Y LLYN (1 mile)
28 October | Gwynedd, North Wales
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UNTIL NEXT TIME...

These fee-dodging swimmers made me laugh this week and I have been really enjoying our virtual events with subscribers and patrons. Last week we met and chatted with Freya Bromley and on July 24 we will be meeting and chatting with Patrick Barkham to discuss all things Roger Deakin - do sign up when you get sent the link!

See you in the water this weekend and wherever you swim enjoy your watery week!

Ella Foote
Editor

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