LXVSWIM

Dec 30, 20241 min read

SWIMMINGPOD – STANLEY ULIJASZEK AND LONDON OPEN WATER SWIMMING

Stanley Ulijaszek at the Hampstead Men's Pond Listen to the podcast This podcast is about open water swimming in London – given how urban...

Dec 23, 20241 min read

Listen here Sarah Giles lives and swims in open water in Oxford. She is Programme Development Manager at SportExcel UK, a sports...

Sep 9, 20241 min read

Emma Gibbard and Carl Tysom are both passionate about open water swimming, and are both involved in overseeing swimming at the West...

Sep 5, 20241 min read

Five years ago I undertook 65 swims in different places at the age of 65 years. I have written a book about it, entitled ‘Memories like...

Jun 30, 20241 min read

Sam Millward is a scuba and freediving instructor, fascinated by the mental, physical and experiential benefits that all forms of...

Apr 19, 20241 min read

A rising tide lifts all boats (and swimmers). Level water means equal rights. In the case of Ian Thwaites and the charity Level Water,...

Dec 13, 20231 min read

Vera Prokopieva and Annie Liddle were undergraduate students at the University of Oxford. They both took up wild swimming together while...

Aug 19, 20232 min read

Karen Throsby is a swimmer and a sociologist – Professor in Gender Studies at the University of Leeds. Her intellectual credentials are...

Oct 30, 20221 min read

If you haven’t already swum outdoors in full moonlight, you must. It is one of life’s priceless un-buyable treasures. There are twelve...

Aug 18, 20221 min read

The Wild Open Swim Blog is the organised work of Kath Fotheringham, Darrin Roles and Fiona Undrill. This now sits under the Swim Oxford...

Feb 14, 20223 min read

If you want to find Dylan Friedmann on a cold, cold, Toronto winter’s morning, it’s quite easy in some ways. First get up before dawn,...