H2Open Newsletter – Don't let the clock spoil your open water swim

Published: Wed, 09/28/16

 
 
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Last weekend Simon and I were at new event Swim Serpentine, a two-day festival of swimming comprising a one-mile mass participation swim and the British Open Water Swimming Championships. We competed in both with wildly differing results (he won, I posted a lifetime personal worst). Illness and a lack of training meant I was eight minutes off my expected time in the 3.3km Championships, but I didn't care. It was a lovely swim with a great atmosphere. I saw seagulls overhead and swam next to a swan. The sun shone and afterwards there were hot tubs and a sauna. Who cares about your time when there is so much to experience when swimming outdoors? Simon also came to the same conclusion, although by a slightly different (and more medal-strewn route).
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Enjoy the newsletter and happy swimming. 
Jonathan Cowie
Editor, H2Open Magazine
 
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Swimmers at Roches Beach, Tasmania, Australia. Photo by Raul Cox.
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>>NEWS
Swim Serpentine
THOUSANDS TAKE TO THE OPEN WATER FOR INAUGURAL SWIM SERPENTINE
New event in Hyde Park attracts first-timers as well as hosting British Open Water Swimming Championships. We were there. Were you?
>>BLOGS
Don't let the clock spoil your swim
DON'T LET THE CLOCK SPOIL YOUR OPEN WATER SWIM
Why should a set of numbers change how you feel about an experience?
>>TRAINING
Keep it fun
HOW TO KEEP YOUR TRAINING FUN
We give Macmillan All Out Swim 5km challenger Sam Brett some tips on how to keep training fun if you train on your own. 
ASK THE EXPERTS
ASK THE EXPERTS
"Help! I seem to have picked up an elbow niggle that only hurts on the catch and pressing back phase of my stroke" 
Pace it out
PACE IT OUT
Do you tend to set off fast and then drop-off in pace? Try these three pace-clock based training sessions to help you develop pace judgement and control. 
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