Contributing editor Ella Foote meets three self-publishing authors who have all written books about swimming. She finds out about their personal, inspirational journeys during the writing, printing, and publishing of their own books and the motivation behind each one. Click here to read Ella's article.

This article appears in the October issue of Outdoor Swimmer together with an EXCLUSIVE piece from Elaine K Howley who was on board the Anastasia, Sarah Thomas's support boat, and occasionally in the water as a support swimmer during her epic four-way English Channel swim. Also in the magazine, Olympic medalist Keri-anne Payne explains how to meet your swimming goals, we meet the Henleaze swimming club and Eco Hero Sophie Rae, PLUS we have all the events listings for 2020 so you can start planning your next challenge.

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The Outdoor Swimmer team