? is that all? lol - that's the pool length. oooo it is only 30m...hardly worth getting wet! isnt 30m the pool width? I thought the lido was 100m long?30m might be the "fun swim". Unfortunately I cant download the entry form .... fortunately neither can IPhew

The lovely people at Speedo were kind enough to give me a wetsuit for my moment of swimming glory. It is a thing of beauty - it even has fin bits on the arms and pleasing stretches of gold neoprene.But swimming in it took a bit of getting used to

hello my dearsI am writing an article about the different techniques of swimming coaching that there are out there, comparing them, outlining the pros and cons, why some might suit certain triathletes better than others, etc. At the moment I am

Hi everyone, GB Olympic swimming coach Bill Furniss will be online between 1pm and 2pm today to answer your swimming questions. Speedo sponsored coach Bill Furniss is Britain’s most successful swimming coach. As a Great Britain Olympic Coach he

Not an awful lot to report on the swimming front - I'm putting in the lengths, trying to count them without losing track (which seems to be much more difficult than it should) and trying to make those constant little improvements to my efficiency

While it's perfectly normal to feel a little nervous when you first do an open-water session, you'll be surprised how quickly you'll come to enjoy swimming in the outdoors. Many centres offer coached  and supervised open-water swim sessions. It

In one of many perks of my job, I was recently lucky enough to be offered private coaching with GB swim coach Ben Titley at Speedo HQ. Speedo UK's inner sanctum is tucked away in a quiet London suburb, and comes complete with swimming facilities we

im doing a lot of pool swimming in prep for an IM whereas last year most of my swimming was in ow last year. I am seriously slow in the pool like 1:05 for 50metres but managed a half IM in 34 last year. what other factors other than the wetsuit

If you've only ever swum in a pool, with its clear, clean water easily reachable sides and nicely arranged lanes, the idea of swimming outdoors in cold, choppy, unpredictable water can be unsettling. It's a perfectly rational feeling, but as a

The first hour of 14...After approximately 51,000 arm-strokes, 24 miles, and 14 hours 15 minutes of swimming, I climbed out of the sea on to the beach near Wissant, France: a Channel Swimmer. At 3:20am on that Saturday, July 24, I’d got