Swimming doesn’t have to be a sport that ends after the club or college days. Thanks to its low-impact nature and wide-ranging health benefits, it’s one of the few sports that can be enjoyed well into ...

Juneau’s Open Water Swim Series continues to be a hit among local swimmers looking for a few more strokes outside their normal pool routines. On Saturday, roughly 15 hearty souls entered the third ...

A Redding art teacher recently accomplished a feat only a few hundred other elite athletes ever achieve. Long-distance swimmer Lura Wilhelm, 43, swam the entire 28.5-mile circumference of Manhattan ...

At the break of dawn, a group of swimmers step into a quiet lake, scanning the open horizon. There are no lane lines, no black lines on the bottom of the pool. Simply the water, wind, and the unknown.

The psychological case for open-water swimming (Overbury et al. 2023)—and being in nature in general—is getting stronger and stronger. It will come as little surprise to anyone familiar with the body ...

SAN FRANCISCO, California (KPIX) — A Berkeley teen is swimming her way into the history books. Maya Merhige is the youngest person to swim the Catalina Channel, which was one third of her completion ...

Nearly 200 people, including an Olympic qualifier and English Channel swimmers, are expected to compete in the seventh annual mile-long Wilmette Open Water Swim at Gillson Beach on June 14, according ...

Before hundreds of swimmers are set to jump into the Chicago River in September, organizers and advocates say they are taking a “victory lap” of their own. To address safety, organizers said they will ...

Your goggles are your portal on the world when you swim, so much as you wouldn’t skimp on sunglasses for riding and running, don’t skimp on your goggles. Invest in a good pair that suit your needs and ...