Europe’s biggest open water swim series opened for entries today.Great Swim has opened three of its 2013 events for entry: the flagship Great North Swim, which will take place over three days from the June 14 - 16 as well as the Great East Swim

with essential nutrition advice on how to fuel and hydrate effectively to ensure you have enough energy to train hard and recover rapidly. We know that open-water swimming can be a terrifying part of triathlon, no matter how experienced you are, so we’ve put

We’re always trying to encourage our colleagues over on sister magazine Runner’s World to take up triathlon. So when senior designer Graham Taylor expressed a desire to tackle his first triathlon recently, we encouraged him to face his open water

races, new events or something totally different such as ‘lose 5kg’ or ‘climb Kilimanjaro’.Fear goals involve tackling something you’re scared of,” says Darren. “I see a lot of people with a fear of open water swimming as an example. Overcoming the fear