Eton Dorney was again my first race of the season, and at 10km, I wanted to be fully charged and ready to go. 

In the lead up to the 3.8km Seahorse Swim in Studland Bay, Poole, I had only managed to have a handful of swims in my local lake. 

It had been a chaotic few weeks for Sophie, with 16 GCSE exams to be taken and a week of racing at the BEST Fest in Mallorca, but all of Sophie’s efforts proved very worth while and she was awarded a 3rd place finish in the Elite 5k at the Great North Swim – plus a TV interview afterwards – fame for Sophie! 

Georgia Amison travels to Altea on the Costa Brava, in Spain, to swim in the first of the 2015 Oceanman 10k Open Water Swim Series Races – and what a race she had out in the waters of the Mediterranean…

I woke up, looked out from the balcony and saw the Mediterranean Sea. 

On Monday 9th February, 2 of the TORQ Perforamce Swimming Team headed out to Sahl Haseesh, and the Red Sea, to race in the International Stroke for Egypt. 

Just ahead of the U.K.’s Open Water Race Season and while still in the constant and relentless indoor pool racing scene, TORQ launches the Performance Swimming Team for 2015…

2014 was the inaugural year for TORQ’s very own and indeed the World’s first Performance Open Water Swimming Team. 

On September 7th 2014, I took part in the first ever Brighton Marina swim, which involved either a 500 metre or 2,000 metre (2Km) swim. 

This was Guy’s longest race of the season so far this year and just like the Seahorse Swim, it took place in the unpredictable conditions of the sea. 

On July 3rd 2014, TORQ Team Distance Swimmer Vicky Miller successfully completed a solo crossing of the English Channel, clocking up over 21 miles and 40,000 strokes in the process. 

On July 3rd Adam Warner travelled to Hamburg to compete in the Annual International German Open Water National Championships to compete in the 5K and 10K races. 

This was the second race of the Open Water season for Guy Giles and although he was a little aprehensive about the event, due to it being in sea conditions, we feel it turned out pretty well. 

Guy Giles opens his account with the TORQ Performance Swimming Team with a fantastic win in an exciting yet slightly nerve racking day at the River Arun 3.8k.