Behind the scenes of our April issue📰

Published: Thu, 03/19/26

Updated: Thu, 03/19/26

Dear Swimmer

If you think that being editor of Outdoor Swimmer magazine is all swimming and writing, you're not far off - we do a lot of both! But it's also about planning, making connections and learning from our global community.

As I make the final edits to the April issue before sending it to press (always a nail-biting moment), we take you behind the scenes to see how we put the magazine together - and how you're part of that process.

I'm really proud of our Urban Swimming issue - it's such an important subject. And it's almost ready to go to the printers. Choose a Silver or Extra membership to read the digital or online versions as soon as they're published for as little as £3.99 a month.

Your membership will support us to continue producing our fabulous, independent magazine.

Ella Foote, Editor

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MAKING CONNECTIONS

Connections are central to outdoor swimming - and that's at the heart of what we do at Outdoor Swimmer.

Every issue, our small, dedicated team finds the most amazing swimmers, experts, creators, and campaigners from our global community to contribute to our magazine. We meet them, interview them, write and edit their contributions, design them on the page and publish them for you to read.

In the April issue, we meet swimmer and author Gillian Best, swimmers Helen Hislop and Victoria Endicot, and Alice Dearing interviews Paris 2024 Marathon Swimmer and campaigner, Toby Robinson.

As a member of Outdoor Swimmer, you get to read fascinating interviews like Gillian's, and get free tickets to our online Virtual Events where you can meet our guests and ask them questions of your own.

Our connections come from our community. If you have any suggestions, please email Ella - editor@outdoorswimmer.com

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Ever wondered why you get dizzy when your head goes underwater? Is it true that you should spend 1 minute in the water per degree of temperature? What's the best way to deal with a jellyfish sting? And what are the risks of swimming in polluted water?

In a world where it can be hard to spot fake news and dodgy information, we ask the world's most credible experts. Doctors, scientists, open water coaches, researchers at the cutting edge of open water swimming.

In the April Issue, we asked Dr Heather Massey, from the Extreme Environments Laboratory at the University of Portsmouth to help us bust the popular social media myth that cold water immersion is bad for women.

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