About – 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 An introduction to open water swimming https://www.swimming.org/openwater/open-water-swimming-explained/ https://www.swimming.org/openwater/open-water-swimming-explained/#respond Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:29:59 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/openwater/?p=179 Open water swimming is a truly different experience to the pool, and one all swimmers should try at least once! Without the confines of lane ropes or walls, it’s liberating, adventurous and unique. Open water also appeals to the adrenalin-seekers. Competitive races are often frenetic and fierce, with swimmers hustling and bustling for position. Intrigued? … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/openwater/open-water-swimming-explained/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2018/11/open_water_swimmers_diving_into_water.jpg The health benefits of open water swimming https://www.swimming.org/openwater/the-health-benefits-of-open-water-swimming/ https://www.swimming.org/openwater/the-health-benefits-of-open-water-swimming/#respond Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:31:47 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/openwater/?p=358 While we’ve long been promoting the virtues of pool swimming, did you know there are extra health benefits unique to open and cold water swimming? Here are some of the perks that going for an open water dip can offer. Four key health benefits of open water swimming Better sleep Open water swim training can … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/openwater/the-health-benefits-of-open-water-swimming/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2018/11/health_benefits_open_water_swimming.jpg Open water swimming races https://www.swimming.org/openwater/open-water-swimming-races/ https://www.swimming.org/openwater/open-water-swimming-races/#respond Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:21:46 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/openwater/?p=271 There is a wide range of open water swimming races in Great Britain, varying from lakes and rivers to competitions in the sea. Factors such as the temperature of the water, the position of the sun and the stillness of the water means that conditions are never the same for two open water swimming races. … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/openwater/open-water-swimming-races/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2018/11/open_water_swimming_races.jpg Open water at the Olympics https://www.swimming.org/openwater/open-water-olympics/ https://www.swimming.org/openwater/open-water-olympics/#respond Thu, 15 Nov 2018 15:49:27 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/openwater/?p=207 While pool swimming has been held since the inaugural Olympic Games in 1900, the first staging of open water at the Olympics was much more recently, at Beijing 2008. Open water swimming – or ‘marathon swimming’ as it is known competitively – is seen as a slightly separate discipline in the Olympics to the rest … […]

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