National Fitness Day - Challenge Sophie: 'Any stress I had completely disappears'

In a new series showing how you can connect with nature while getting fit, endurance athlete & blogger Sophie Radcliffe explains how swimming in an open-water environment is an "exhilarating" experience.

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