H2Open Day attracts big names in open water swimming

The top names in open water swimming are lined up to take part in H2Open Day on 28 April at the Reading Lake Hotel – a unique day of open water swimming activities and the first event of its kind.

Powerbreathe is the latest high profile company to confirm participation and are offering all visitors a chance to win a Powerbreathe K2 inspiratory muscle trainer worth £274.99 by reserving their place before 15 April. Powerbreathe joins retailers Mailsports and My Sporting Times, stockists of major brands 2XU, BlueSeventy and Orca; swim holiday specialists SwimTrek, Big Blue, and Strel Swimming Adventures; and organisations BLDSA, NOWCA and the Outdoor Swimming Society as those open water swim specialists already signed up.

Top coaches including Dan Bullock and Rick Kiddle and will be leading coached open water sessions and demonstration swims whilst high profile speakers including Fiona Ford and Steve Casson, both now Swim Smooth certified coaches, Nick Adams, President of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation, Colin Hill, Marathon Swimming Technical Manager for the 2012 Olympic Games, Mark Bayliss, ultra-endurance athlete and Joel Enoch, sports scientist and H2Open nutrition editor will be delivering a programme of talks on a broad range of open water swimming related topics.

With equipment and services displays, kit testing, hiring and buying, swimming, demonstrations coaching, seminars, a season-opener 750m no-pressure timed practice swim and concluding with the inaugural H2Open Awards presentation ceremony, H2Open Day offers a ‘taste’ to those who are new to swimming in open water and an opportunity for the more experienced swimmer or triathlete to have an early season swim, to learn from the experts and to see what products and services are new to the market.

For more information, to participate in the H2Open Day, to sponsor or exhibit, visit www.h2openmagazine.com or contact Simon Griffiths on simon.griffiths@h2openmagazine.com or phone 07958 312607

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FACTFILE:
Launched in February 2011 by independent publisher ZG Publishing Ltd, H2Open is the world’s first dedicated open water swimming magazine. Designed to appeal to all lovers of open water from freedom loving wild swimmers to competitive masters and English Channel aspirants the magazine offers a mixture of inspirational features, training advice, gear reviews and nutritional tips.