Open Water Blogs – Swim England Open Water Swimming Hub https://www.swimming.org/openwater The home of open water swimming in England Sun, 28 Jul 2024 17:50:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 Mark aims to dispel misconceptions by sharing his ‘liberating’ open water journey https://www.swimming.org/openwater/mark-durrant-liberating-journey/ Sat, 23 Oct 2021 05:18:46 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/openwater/?p=2333 When Mark Durrant saw an advert for open water swimming lessons, he initially thought putting on a wetsuit and swimming in a lake was ‘not for people of colour like me’. However, he is now keen to help dispel that misconception and myth after taking on the challenge. Here, Mark shares his ‘wonderful and liberating’ … […]

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