What I learnt from swimming 21+km
Outdoor Swimmer founder Simon Griffiths on swimming the Vidösternsimmet, Sweden’s longest and toughest open water race
The charity Surfers Against Sewage has relaunched their ‘Safer Seas Service’ smartphone app - the only national real-time water quality service that protects all water users from pollution.
The pioneering service alerts water users when sewer overflows discharge untreated human sewage into the sea and when water quality is temporarily reduced due to heavy rainfall. The relaunch now sees over 370 beaches across England, Scotland and Wales covered by the app.
Since the app's launch mid-May, over 2200 alerts and incidents have been issued. This information is invaluable in allowing you to make an informed decision about when and where it’s safe to swim!
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This Month We Swam With...
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Lake District wild swimming group the Bassenthwaite Swim Babes
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Grab your wetsuit and trainers – it’s swimrun training time!
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Open Water Swimathon 2019
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It's that exciting time of year again – Open Water Swimathon 2019 is right around the corner. The big day is now only 10 days away! We understand that time may not be on your side, but have no fear, they have 500m and 1.5k challenges. Or, you could rally the troops and enter
their fun Team 5k swim?
Plus, we’re giving our readers 35% off entries with discount code: OUTDOORSWIMMER – so if you're thinking about taking the plunge, now is the time to do it!
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Win a Yonda Spectre wetsuit!
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We’ve teamed up with Yonda to give readers the chance of winning a Spectre wetsuit (worth £249) plus one of five pairs of Hydroglide
goggles.
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Win £100 of Zoggs vouchers!
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Being Aussie means that at Zoggs, we love everything to do with the water, and we think the best way to fall in love with swimming is to make sure
you have fun, whether you’re a learner, lane swimmer, or open water adventurer. Zoggs’ swimwear, goggles and kit are made to stand up to the Australian sun, sea and swimming pools. Because if they make the grade in Australia, we’re pretty sure they’ll do the same anywhere else in the world!
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Enter our monthly contest to be in with a chance of winning a holiday with SwimQuest. This month's theme is Challenge
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Outdoor Swimmer reusable cups
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