How to practice your swimming technique in cold water

Open water swimming and triathlon coach Richard Mowat finds cold water ideal for focusing on swimming technique

I read with interest your thoughts on the worth of cold water swimming in your article “Should You Winter Swim in a Wetsuit”. For me, the rapid autumnal decrease in water temperature marks the welcome change from my summer to winter schedules.

I am a keen open water swimmer but at heart a triathlete and indeed triathlon coach. For me,  the change is much more significant than generally a wetsuit in the summer to skins in the winter months. 

“Summer swimming” sees me enjoying long swims and endurance sessions in the open water with maybe, at most, one pool session a week to concentrate on technical aspects of the stroke. 

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