Lock to Lock Training Adventure
An open water swimmer from Canada shares her experience of a training swim down the Thames, in preparation for the Zurich Marathon Swim.
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Wild Open Swim
Inspirations from swimming through the seasons
The Wild Open Swim Blog is a celebration of open water swimming all year and the photographs, words and artwork that it has inspired.
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Darrin Roles
- Jun 28
- 3 min
The Lock to Lock 4k
Images from the Lock to Lock 4k and reflections from the organiser and some partipants.
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Melanie
- Feb 12
- 6 min
A Blind Swimmer’s Vision
What is it like to be a partially-sighted wild swimmer? A double paralympic champion Melanie writes about her wild swimming journey.
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Debbie, Emma and Darrin
- Jan 15
- 6 min
Every Body Counts
A story of how two wild swimmers in Swim Oxford's 4K Lock-to-Lock swim inadvertently helped to turn around the life of one of my clients.
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Gemma Ferrier, Mel Haward and Lisa Keeping
- Dec 5, 2021
- 8 min
The Cool Vibe
The cryo bio of three swimmers reflecting on cold water exposure, what it has meant in their lives and why they keep doing it. Why do I...
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Fiona Tomlinson
- Nov 20, 2021
- 4 min
Wild swimming with teenagers in West Cork, Ireland
There is something about swimming in the sea, something constant and comforting, nostalgic in a way.
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Three wild swimmers: Fiona, Darrin and Kath
- Nov 6, 2021
- 4 min
It's beginning to look a bit like winter
Three wild swimmers reflect on the return of winter swims
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Simon Griffiths
- Oct 23, 2021
- 5 min
Lock to Lock SwimRun with Simon Griffiths
Simon Griffiths reflects on his performance at the 2021 Lock to Lock Swimrun
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Darrin Roles
- Sep 26, 2021
- 2 min
Swim-Run 2021 photos from the day
An early misty September morning saw the start of the beautiful Lock to Lock Swim-Run on the banks of the Thames at Eynsham,...
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Fiona Undrill & Kath Fotheringham
- Sep 4, 2021
- 8 min
SwimRun: from the feet up...
Here is a beginners guide to understanding swimrun gear, as well as money-saving suggestions for getting by without the big outlay
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Chloe De Grave
- Aug 15, 2021
- 3 min
Embracing adventure
The events have given me an opportunity to challenge myself, to test my limits, to not overthink it and just embrace the adventure.
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Fiona Undrill & Kath Fotheringham
- Jun 13, 2021
- 5 min
Swim the 10k this July: mad fantasy or achievable challenge?
Two swimmers talk through the reasons to do the Lock to Lock 10k this year, or rather one swimmer tries to persuade her friend to join...
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Fiona Undrill & Katrine Gotliebsen
- Apr 24, 2021
- 5 min
All year swimming in North Norway
open water swimming all year round near the arctic circle
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Darrin Roles & Stuart Hacker
- Apr 10, 2021
- 5 min
Swim catch up
Catch-up on Lock to Lock swim preparation after a long layoff, with Darrin Roles and Stuart Hacker
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Annika Surry
- Mar 27, 2021
- 4 min
Cold water has changed my life
I love the kick, the buzzing feeling that awakens the whole nervous system and all the senses I love the “I am alive feeling” I get.
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Darrin Roles
- Mar 13, 2021
- 4 min
For whom the drop calls…
The uninitiated, not knowing this beast, may not appreciate the urgency with which cold hands dress themselves. The drop waits for no-one.
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Stanley Ulijaszek
- Feb 27, 2021
- 4 min
Seasoned winter swimming
Winter swimming is one of the most humbling things you can do, because you can’t succeed if you try to fight the coldness of the water.
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