Completed the Dorney Lake long swim today. 1h26, which I was happy with considering it was 16 degrees and I wasn’t using a wetsuit. For anyone looking to experience a mass start long swim in open water ahead of a triathlon or swimming event, I’d recommend this series. Dorney Lake is a great setting – [...]
Cool swimming
As London revels in a mini heat wave – 31 degrees and rising – a great place to cool off are the Ponds in Hampstead Heath. With the London Triathlon looming large, and the English Channel Swim on the horizon, today I headed for the Heath and some more open water practise. I swam in [...]
Swimming in the Med
Here’s where I went swimming a few days ago. St Pauls – near Lindos on Rhodes Island – provided fairly hospitable surroundings for my first serious swim in open water. I swam for an hour out of the bay and into the sea, then back again via some caves at the bay’s mouth. The choppy waves [...]
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