Peak swimming temperatures in the Great Lakes typically occur in late summer/early fall. Swimming in cold lake water can lead to cold shock and hypothermia. The official start of summer is June 20, ...

The opening of South Carolina’s newest state park has become a flash point for conversations about access to one of the state’s biggest lakes. With Pine Island scheduled to open to the public in ...

Across the UK, a quiet shift in midlife exercise is underway. A decade ago, the cultural image of midlife fitness was the ...

The sport is no stunt, as swimmer Mackenzie Koeck and her support crew learned in the yearlong runup of preparation.

"Just do it." Yes, that’s a 20-year-old advertising slogan and practically a cultural joke now. But that tagline gets startlingly real as my bare toes clasp a gnarly rock ledge and I stare 30 feet ...

Nothing screams “summer” more than a day spent by the water. And Angelenos have many ways to access it, including a long coastline hugged by the Pacific, plenty of pools and refreshing swimming holes ...

The Chicago River Swim has been moved to Lake Michigan, organizers said Monday, a month after the city denied a permit for the open-water swimming event because of safety concerns related to the ...

It’s a Godless 90 degrees. You’ve escaped the inferno of your non-airconditioned apartment and high-tailed it to Madison Beach. The dock is waiting for you to jump off of it into the cool of Lake ...