H2Open Newsletter – Seven tips for rough water swimming races

Published: Wed, 10/12/16

 
 
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Like a last hurrah of summer, the past weekend saw some amazing swimming from two record-breaking women. In the United States, Sarah Thomas broke Chloë McCardel's record for longest unassisted swim by swimming 81.8 miles in Lake Powell in 56 hours, while Chloë was in the English Channel racking up her eighteenth crossing to equal Des Renford's Australian record.
The October/November edition of H2Open is now in the shops and is full of inspiring stories and motivation to help you achieve your own outdoor swimming goals (even if they aren't quite as mammoth as swimming for 56 hours!). An annual subscription to H2Open magazine costs less than a pair of goggles – and you can get your first three issues for just £8.70 when you pay by direct debit. Subscribe and save money on the cover price. Or download the digital version now!
Enjoy the newsletter and happy swimming. 
Jonathan Cowie
Editor, H2Open Magazine
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>>PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Reader Photo Contest
Cathy Snowden and Jayne Mitchell swim beneath lowering skies in Eidfjord, Norway. Photo by Rachel Stead.
Enter our December/January Reader Photo Contest to be in with a chance of having your photo featured in the magazine and winning outdoor swimming kit and apparel from Selkie Swim Co. 
>>NEWS
FINA World Cup
LOCAL VICTORY FOR XIN IN CHINA
Xin Xin and Simone Ruffini take gold in Chun'An.
Swimming wedding
WITH THIS SWIM I THEE WED
Congratulations to Dave and Gina! This sounds like our kind of wedding...
>>TRAINING
Rough water tips
SEVEN TIPS FOR ROUGH WATER SWIMMING RACES
Don't let a bit of chop put you off. 
Stunt double
TRAIN LIKE A STUNT DOUBLE
Swim like a superhuman by training like a stunt double. 
>>INSPIRATION
Into the Ice
INTO THE ICE
Have you got what it takes to take on the Ice Mile, swimming's most extreme challenge?
Arran to Troon
ARRAN TO TROON TROONAUTICS STYLE

Swimmers take on first 16-mile relay swim from Isle of Arran to Troon.

>>READ MORE

Monte Cristo
THE MONTE CRISTO ESCAPE SWIM

Elliot Newsome recreated the Count of Monte Cristo's literary escape swim – although, unlike in the book, he didn't start the swim by being thrown into the sea in a sack.

>>READ MORE

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