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Tips For Your First 10K Swim

The 10K marathon distance is the pinnacle of open water swimming. Read our top tips to get you through your first open water marathon swim.

How to Sight & Stay on Course in Open Water

If you’re swimming the Great North Swim, sighting is one of the most important open water skills you can learn.

How to Sight & Stay on Course in Open Water

How to Train in the Pool this Winter

The pool gives you everything you need to lay the foundations for a strong, stress-free swim in June.

Front Crawl Basics

Mastering front crawl takes time and effort as it requires a complex series of moves involving the whole body.

Swim Secure Guide to Lake Swimming

This beginner’s guide has been written to equip you with the knowledge and confidence to get the best out of lake swimming

Plan your Great North Swim

Thousands will be snapping on their swim caps, adjusting their nose clips and diving into nature at the North Swim. Read our guide to Windermere.

Choosing an Open Water Swimming Club

If you’ve never swum in open water before, we’d suggest trying an open water swimming club to build your skills and you'll be open water confident in no time!

Better Breaststroke

Terry Laughlin from Total Immersion explains a markedly more efficient way of swimming breaststroke.

How to Keep a Positive and Motivated Mindset

It is so important to focus on our mental health. Here are some tips to stay positive, keep motivated, and help you to look after your mind and mental health.

How to Keep a Positive and Motivated Mindset

What to Wear for Outdoor Swimming

When you’re heading into open water, you need the right kit. Here’s everything you should consider packing for your outdoor swim...

Pre Swim Breakfast Inspiration

Your pre-swim breakfast never looked so good. We’ve got two tasty, fruity, recipes for you to try out.

Post Swim Soup Recipe

We think soup is soup-er here at Great North Swim - it’s quick, easy, nutritious *and* it’s the perfect way to warm up post-swim.

Filling Post Swim Recipes

After a tough swim, you need food that’s high in energy, nutrient-dense and packed with colour - and we’ve got two brilliant suggestions.

Open Water Swimming Training Tips

With the right training, mindset, and technique, you’ll be ready to enjoy every moment of your open water swimming journey.

Exercises to Keep Your Body Fit for Swimming

SwimforTri's Dan Bullock shares his top five dry land exercises that Great Swim swimmers of all abilities will benefit from.

Exercises to Keep Your Body Fit for Swimming

Power Up your Porridge Ready for an Outdoor Swim

We’re sharing two ways to make a winter staple - porridge - a bit more appealing, and a bit more powerful.

Power Up your Porridge Ready for an Outdoor Swim

Open Water Safety Guide to Lake Swimming

Here's your handy open water checklist to equip you with a safety guide to wild swimming in a lake.

Open Water Safety Guide to Lake Swimming

What to Eat Before and After Your Great Swim

How you eat and drink before and during the event is more about your completion time than the distance you will cover.

What to Eat Before and After Your Great Swim

How Is Open Water Swimming Different From The Pool?

To help understand how open water swimming differs to your local pool, we’ve pulled together this guide.

How Is Open Water Swimming Different From The Pool?

How to Choose a Wetsuit for Open Water Swimming

Here's what you need to know when choosing a wetsuit for open water swimming

How to Choose a Wetsuit for Open Water Swimming

Swim Your Way to Health

Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi Channel 4 TV Doctor (Steph's Packed Lunch) and Swim England clinical advisor lists some of the health benefits of open water swimming, and the science behind it.