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by William Ellis
Outdoor swimming is one of the fastest growing activities in the world, the benefits of which are well documented across many platforms and media. Each episode of this podcast I (Will Ellis) will be asking the same set of questions to my guests in order to hear their swim story, find out what the water means to them, and in doing so find the common ground between us all: the love of the water itself.
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- 3 weeks ago23 min
2. (33.3) Moritz Eggart
Welcome to the second episode of a very special series of short podcasts about the building, making and experience of Ultra Swim 33.3… In these episodes we will speak to previous guests and the people behind the swim event that pushes you to swim the distance of the English Channel over a long weekend in some fantastic locations. An Epic Adventure Swim Race company that is based around arguably the most iconic open water swim in the world…In this episode we chat to Moritz Eggart, an ultra runner turned swimmer who has returned many times to swim the event. He started as a total novice, finishing almost last on his swims; to now pushing up the field to finish consistently in the top third. We chat about how he has grown as a swimmer thanks to the events and how the trip has shaped his swimming and broader fitness journey.
- 3 weeks ago26 min
1. (33.3) Mark Turner
Welcome to the first in a series of episodes about the building, making and experience of Ultra Swim 33.3… In these episodes we will speak to previous guests and the people behind the swim event that pushes you to swim the distance of the English Channel over a long weekend in some fantastic locations. An Epic Adventure Swim Race company that is based around arguably the most iconic open water swim in the world…In this episode we chat to Mark Turner, who is the brain-child behind the event… we chat about how the idea was fostered and also the huge logistics that go in to making an event like this work all over the world multiple times a year; and how his unique relationship to the water brought him to where he is now. Enjoy!
- Apr 4, 20261 min
Season 5 Thank You: all episodes now free to play...
Thank you to all my guests for Season 5... what a magical season it was. If you are planning an Open Water swim: whether it is the English Channel or perhaps your first 5km lake swim, please get in touch as would love to work with you. Please visit owswimpod.com for all the coaching packages I am offering, and a way to contact me. Until the next time: Happy Swimming!
- Mar 28, 202644 min
5.14 Cameron Bellamy
(Available to subscribers only, episode free to play 4th April) My final guest for the season is an astonishing endurance athlete and swimmer. He has rowed across the Indian Ocean; and then decided quite casually to swim the Ocean 7, completing all seven swims from 2012 to 2018… Since then he has pioneered some ridiculous swims: including, in 2018 swimming a 90km circumnavigation around Barbados in 40 hours 46 minutes; and in 2019 he swam the 150km from Barbados to St. Lucia, a swim that took him just under 57 hours. Most recently he swam a 53 km crossing of Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan in 18 hours 18 minutes, raising money for his own charity to support 15 rural schools in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. I so enjoyed this chat, it was so inspiring: I think you’ll be amazed at his temperament - oh and don’t miss the part about being stung by box jellyfish… it’s the legendary Cameron Bellamy. Kyrgyzstan Swim (YouTube): https://youtu.be/tz0Irv5QJQ0?si=9mkMEgeBTByIpz20 The Ubunye Challenge (YouTube): https://youtu.be/Th7b1KglbrY?si=Fix-R_GocThvpwY7
- Mar 25, 202633 min
B5.9 Amy Ennion
(Episode available to subscribers only. Free to play at end of Season 5.) I chatted to this extraordinary swimmer back in 2024, after she had swam the 70km of Lake Geneva: breaking the British Record at the time. We also crewed together for Andrew Cornish’s Lake Geneva swim in September 2025 (Episode 6 of Season 5) and having her experience, nous and professionalism on the boat made all the difference to keeping Andy in the water. She has swam some superb swims as well, including The English Channel, Guernsey to France, Lake Windermere, SCAR and most recently Loch Ness… It’s of course Amy Ennion!
- Mar 21, 202649 min
5.12 Jo Stokoe
(Available to subscribers only, episode free to play 21st March) Today’s guest is a phenomenal swimmer, who relishes the cold: she has completed the British Triple Crown, the English Channel, Bristol Channel and the gnarly North Channel: which she swam after being blown out for a year, only to break a record and become the earliest female, swimming that stretch of water in just under 19 hours in 12 degrees of water. An incredible swim. She has swam three ice miles, and also completed the chilly Loch Ness in 18 hours… it’s Dr Jo Stokoe!
- Mar 21, 202641 min
5.13 Ros Hardiman
(Available to subscribers only, episode free to play 28th March) This guest is an incredible Para Swimmer… Ros Hardiman has spent most of her adult life in a wheelchair, having contracted Polio at age 6. She represented GB at 2 Paralympic Games and broke 8 Paralympic world records in the S7 and SB6 categories. She is an inductee into the marathon swimming hall of fame, class of 2024: having swam The English Channel in 2009 in just over 20 hours; and it is also with noting that the year prior to that in 2008, she agonisingly fell 700m short of the French coast after being in the water for over 24 hours. For that swim she was awarded the Frank Richards Endurance Award, for the most meritorious, often unsuccessful, endurance swim of the year across the English Channel… She has swam Lake Windermere (both directions), and in 2019 she crossed Loch Ness from south to north in 20 hours 10 minutes becoming both the oldest British women to swim it at the age of 67, and also as the first disabled swimmer… it was an absolute joy to chat to Ros Hardiman.
- Mar 15, 202630 min
5.B8 Shannon Keegan
(Available to subscribers only until the end of Season 5) This guest is a fellow podcaster, and marathon swimmer who has been undertaking some extremely long challenges… we chat about hallucinating on a 29 hour swim, optimising efficiency as a swimmer to mitigate volume, letting go of the idea of a secret key to completing a long swim, what swimming means to you as you get older and the mental gymnastics of planning bonkers swims. It’s Shannon Keegan!
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