Here are a few tips if you want to try the Million Metre Challenge in 2020
To swim a million metres in a year you need to average 83,333.3m per month or 19,230.8m per week, which is a big, but achievable target for the year.
Here are a few tips if you want to try the million metre challenge in 2020
If you're taking on the Million Metre Challenge, or have your own 2020 swim goals, then be sure to join our Million Metre Facebook Group for some training sessions, technique advice and some
inspirational content to keep you motivated along the way!
Fly out of the blocks in 2020! For 12 years Great Swim has provided exhilarating, challenging & safe events for people of all levels and abilities.
With a wide range of distances, the Great North Swim & Great East Swim are two of the must-do events on the swim calendar.
Make a weekend of it with the whole family in Windermere or a day out to remember at Alton Water in Suffolk – everyone will enjoy the buzzing event villages, exhibitor stalls and entertainment on offer.
Entries start at just £16 but be quick, these events are very popular!
If you’re going to do a swim, make it a Great Swim!
Making history in the English Channel
How Sam Penny, a 46-year-old Australian civil engineer turned cheesemaker, became the first person in history to attempt a
winter crossing of the English Channel
Diary of a wandering swimmer
A year in open water from lochs, orca trails and sea pools to the stacks of St Kilda - after living in London for 30 years, Kate Gillwood decided to leave her city life behind and move back to
Portobello beach in Scotland near to where she was born. Here's what swimming adventures she got up to last year.
WOWSA Awards Nominations 2019
The World Open Water Swimming Association have announced their selection of outstanding individuals for
2019.
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Poseidon's Blessing by Bethanie Mitchell follows 82-year-old Kirby Drawbaugh, an open water and ice swimmer from Washington, USA, winter swimming in the Salish Sea and Lake Desire.
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