Pressing reset on your swimming and health goals is often more a state of mind than an actual process that needs to change per se.

Whilst I was nose-deep in training up some great new coaches in Mallorca, Spain, our existing coaches posted out a great video clip about how Ironman champion, Lucy Charles-Barclay, has been connecting the dots between her current hip injury and her unilateral breathing pattern.

That moment before you pull your goggles down and head off down the pool can be filled with a myriad of thoughts about what you might experience in the next half an hour or so. How will you feel in the water? As smooth as the last session when everything felt just effortless, or even clunkier than the one before when you were ready to hang up your togs and never hit the pool again?!

I've been very lucky to have swum in some amazing open water swimming spots all around the world over the years. Given that I started out in open water swimming as a skinny 16yr old triathlete petrified of swimming outdoors, this has literally changed my life.

This brilliant book has been rated 3.89 stars on GoodReads.com, received 4042 ratings and 820 comments on this platform alone and was only released less than 2 months ago.

As you probably know, I've always been a big fan of the paddles made by the US-based company, FINIS, simply on account of the fact that their innovative style simply works.

Have you ever felt those post-event comedown "blues"? You know, the ones which you don't plan for because you're convinced that after the big event you'll be happy to just take a break and chill out for a while?

We've got a cracker of a podcast for you this week, a fireside chat with Rob Hutchings, author of The Downriver Nomad, as he tells his story about dealing with the adversity of an alcoholic parent, the heartache of trying to adopt a child, and how he's found solace in his open water swimming pursuits and his own triathlon adventures, including swimming the length of the Clutha River in New Zealand, a distance of 256km!