In today's newsletter, we share the first episode of downstream, an occasional series featuring swim authors reading excerpts from their books. In this episode, we hear from Lara Maiklem, author of Mudlarking; Tanya Shadrick, editor of Wild Woman Swimming by Lynn Roper; Jenny Landreth, author of Swell: A Waterbiography; and Anna McNuff, author of 100 Adventures to Have Before You Grow Up.
We have also delved into the Outdoor Swimmer magazine archives to share some quality long read features that you simply can't find elsewhere.
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The strange swimming history of Chairman Mao Zedong. Published in Outdoor Swimmer magazine, January 2019
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| In the 1950s, Colin Dodgson and Timothy Tyson swam (stark naked) in every tarn in the Lake
District. The sport of tarn bagging was born. Published in Outdoor Swimmer magazine, April 2018
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Prizes for your thoughts!
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The Triathlon Industry Association (TIA) is conducting its latest survey about UK athlete’s endurance sport participation in 2019 including open water swimming. If you can spare some time on this, it would be really appreciated.
There are loads of prizes up for grabs; and, even if you don’t win a prize, you can opt in to receive some exclusive discount codes, which will be released in May 2020 when the survey closes. Thank you for taking part.
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Inside the issue:
- The Vicar of Dipping: Spirituality, connectedness and the instant hit of wild swimming with the Reverend Kate Bottley.
- Swimming to Recovery: How open water swimming helped Simon Harmer recover from losing both his legs in Afghanistan.
- How to Swim Faster: Training ideas to pick up your pace (only for when you can get back in a pool, sadly)
- Adventures in Winter Swimming: What happened when Olympian Keri-anne Payne tried cold water swimming?
- Water not Oil: Unexpected swimming spots in Texas.
- A Sense of Wonder: The winning images in our photo contest.
- "Help! I have signed up to a big swim challenge with no experience." Coach Cassie is here to help.
- The Return of the Fish Hawk: Swimming and nature.
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WIN one of eight Tekrapod prizes
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We are offering readers the chance to win one of five Tekrapods (worth €135 each) PLUS we have three £50 vouchers up for
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Tekrapod provides a new approach to swimmer safety. It is worn as a small, close-fitting backpack that you forget is there. It is inactive until needed, but once you’ve pulled the toggle and inflated it, it sends an unambiguous signal that you need assistance. The float can easily be detached and passed to another swimmer in need, while avoiding the risk of having to approach too
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