In the past, a song about kicking your legs, a few splashes, and relatively narrow armbands were all considered aspects…
Browsing: swimming
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…
The moment you look up from your towel and realize the child who was standing right there, digging that intricate…
The moment the car is loaded and the journey to the airport starts, a certain type of anxiety sets in.…
Most parents are aware of this moment. The adults are ten seconds behind schedule, the children are at the shore,…
The same tale is told on beaches throughout Europe every summer. A child ventures a few feet farther than anticipated.…