Swimming in the ocean is not just great exercise; it also provides a connection to nature proponents say is especially effective at reducing stress.

Five elite swimmers from Louisville, Chicago and Madison completing the length of Geneva Lake in 4 hours, 15 minutes.

A group of 13-year-old pupils from Taunton Prep School are preparing to swim the English Channel in a remarkable show of endurance and solidarity – aiming to raise funds for children who have lost a ...

Ten Taunton Prep School pupils, aged just 13, are training to swim the English Channel in August in aid of Scotty’s Little Soldiers, a charity supporting bereaved children of the Armed Forces ...

Despite the daily challenges the illness brings, she is preparing to swim the 21 miles from Dover to Cap Gris-Nez in France on July 31. "I am doing this because I’m turning 60 on July 29.

Rachael Down, a retired social worker from Gorleston, has fibromyalgia, a long-term condition that causes widespread pain and fatigue. Despite the daily challenges the illness brings, she is preparing ...

A lifelong competitive swimmer, Wamsley “carried the dream” of swimming the English Channel for 38 years, having decided at age 12 that she would swim the channel by age 50, she previously ...

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 ...

The idea to swim the English Channel has been growing inside of her since she was 12-years-old. Planted by a magazine article she read while waiting for her mother in a doctor’s waiting room. She was ...

Back in 1958, Brojen Das was the first swimmer from South Asia and from present-day Bangladesh, then part of East Pakistan, to cross the English Channel. He later crossed the 33.4km channel five ...

Amy Wamsley tells people to live their dreams. She’s already swum from San Francisco to Alcatraz, and has eyed the English Channel since she was 12. A Yellow Springs woman is planning to swim ...