Water Colours, Taking on the 10km and Golden Tickets

Published: Wed, 05/31/17

 
 
 
The June issue of Outdoor Swimmer Magazine should be delivered to subscribers today and will be on sale in newsagents at the end of the week. If you can't wait, you can buy your copy directly from us.
​​​​​​​We have also hidden Golden Tickets in six issues of the magazine. Find one and you are the lucky winner of an Outdoor Swimmer dryrobe the warmest, most advanced changing robe in the world. Good luck!
Have you got something to say about outdoor swimming for our Letters page? Whether it's something you want to get off your chest, a comment on one of our articles or you just want to celebrate swimming outdoors, email us at editor@outdoorswimmer.com and you could win next issue’s star prize: a Tow Float from Swim Secure worth £20.
Enjoy this week's newsletter and happy swimming.
Jonathan Cowie
Editor, Outdoor Swimmer Magazine

PS. Don't forget to check out the offers section of our website for money off all kinds of swimming related goodies – including SwimSecure, Charlie Mcleod Sports Cloaks, PowerBreather and 15% discount on a range of thermal base layers from Eskeez.
>>PHOTO OF THE WEEK
G'DAY!
Michael  Parsons took this photo of Ellery McGowan (and friend) at Lucky Bay in Cape Le Grand National Park, near Esperance in Western Australia after a 3km training swim. Michael wins third place in our June issue Outdoor Swimmer / Selkie 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 send us your best swim pics.
>>TRAINING
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Are you ready to take on the outdoor swimming marathon? A 10km swim needn’t be a daunting task if you structure your training.

>>WILD SWIMMING
WATER COLOURS

Inspired by her wild swimming adventures, Nancy Farmer decided to immortalise her swims as drawings.

>>NUTRITION
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Fuel your swims with this delicious homemade banana bread.
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