In a study well timed for its summer publication (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), scientists reviewed research related to open-water swimming (Overbury et al. 2023). It will come as little ...

Midsummer Melbourne. After almost three hours sitting on trains and buses, and then a walk along a shadeless highway, we made it to the nursing home. Ruth—my wife—and our two kids shuffled into the ...

When discussing the elements of what makes an elite-level swimmer, answers can tend to become somewhat formulaic. The answers will likely jump straight to that of immense talent, years of pure hard ...