What can runners learn from swimmers?

Neil Mapes
5 min readMay 17, 2021

5 ‘Swim for running’ tips

A male swimmer in a swimming pool, stretched out with arms forward floating next to a yellow lane rope
Photo by chrissie kremer on Unsplash

I love running and on average run 5 or 6 times a week and go through occasional periods of streaking, which you can read more about here. But I am also aiming to complete 100 sea swims this year and yesterday completed swim number #48, and have the equivalent of two English Channel swims as my yearly swim mileage target. A modest target by many swimmer’s standards. If you…

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Neil Mapes

Outdoor swimming coach, trail runner and dinghy sailor. Loving life in the Highlands of Scotland.