Every year, almost on schedule, the same grievance is raised during pool season. After spending the afternoon at the neighborhood…
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When open water swimmers talk about that first morning dip, they describe a specific sound: an involuntary gasp, followed by…
Every swimming pool in Britain is filled with a certain sound on Saturday mornings: a parent yelling encouragement from the…
The majority of backyard pool owners are able to provide you with precise information about when, how much, and how…
In the past, a song about kicking your legs, a few splashes, and relatively narrow armbands were all considered aspects…
When you say sixteen degrees Celsius aloud, it doesn’t sound like much. It’s not freezing. It’s not soothing. It’s in…
At public pools on Tuesday nights, a certain scene frequently occurs: someone in lane three, clearly out of breath, dragging…
Between the second and third swim of the day, the Isles of Scilly begin to feel more like a place…
At the beginning of a triathlon, a certain tension permeates the water. It’s neither quite excitement nor quite fear. It’s…
A child screaming at the chilly edge of a wave, the bucket and spade, and the paper cone of chips…