Swim
Train
Results
MENU
Swim
Great North Swim
Great North SwimRun
Train
Train
Get Your Training Plan
Advice
Event Day Tips
Results
Get Your Results
WaterAid
Shop
FAQs
Swimmer Photos
News
Rewards
Join us on social
Swim
Train
Results
Menu
Menu
twitter
facebook
instagram
youtube
Open Water Swimming
Great North Swim
John West Great East Swim
SwimRun
Great North SwimRun
John West Great East SwimRun
great-swim
news-and-media
news-and-media/blog
tag
Wave Check
Blog
About the Blog
Bloggers
Blog: training
Open Water Swimming Essentials
Fitness and travel blogger Alice Tate shares her open water training essentials
01 Aug 2021 | By: Alice Tate
Five Steps From Pool To Open Water
Here's our top five tips to transition from the pool to open water
12 Feb 2020 | By: Great Swim
How Is Open Water Swimming Different From The Pool?
To give you a base understanding of how open water swimming differs to your local pool, we’ve pulled the below guide together for you
06 Feb 2020 | By: Great Run
BETTER BREASTSTROKE
Breaststroke is the world’s most popular stroke, primarily because it’s closest of all the strokes to how humans swim instinctively.In this article, Terry Laughlin from Total Immersion explains a markedly more efficient way of swimming breaststroke.
13 Sep 2018 | By: Great Swim
Front Crawl Basics
Front crawl is the fastest and most efficient known way for swimmers to move across the surface of the water. Mastering it, however, takes time and effort as it requires a complex series of moves involving the whole body.
13 Sep 2018 | By: Great Swim
Prepare for the cooler temperature
Open water swimming is very different to the pool, mainly due to the temperature of the water. With the water temperature set to be cooler than last year we want to make sure you enjoy your day as much as possible, so read the following points and be full
09 Jun 2015 | By: Great Swim
Final Preparations & Packing for the Great Swim Series
The Great Swim Series 2015 is nearly upon us; the vast majority of the training is behind us and now is the time to start thinking about packing.
28 May 2015 | By: Jo Mitchinson
INSPIRATIONAL LESSON ABOUT INJURIES - YOU'RE NOT ALONE!
Injuries are the bane of athletes' lives - regardless of the level that you compete at. I thought that I would share a couple of the injuries I've picked up along the way and explain why, for me...
01 May 2015 | By: Jo Mitchinson
Inspired by the Great North Swim Highlights on Channel4
I entered my first Great Swim as a knee jerk reaction to watching the Great North Swim highlights on TV and thought it looked brilliant fun!
01 Apr 2015 | By: Jo Mitchinson
Swim Safe Code
Calling all open water swimmers: it is important you see the boats around you but it is even more important they see you!
23 Apr 2014 | By: Great Run
Blog tags
starting out (1)
moving to open water (1)
technique (1)
kit (1)
general training (2)
Blog archive
November 2020 (1)
September 2020 (4)
July 2020 (3)
April 2020 (7)
March 2020 (7)
February 2020 (7)
January 2020 (1)
December 2019 (2)
August 2019 (1)
May 2019 (1)
April 2019 (4)
March 2019 (8)
February 2019 (2)
January 2019 (2)
December 2018 (11)
November 2018 (4)
October 2018 (5)
September 2018 (1)
August 2018 (12)
July 2018 (9)
June 2018 (1)
May 2018 (3)
April 2018 (31)
March 2018 (3)
July 2017 (1)