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Set your alarm

Getting fit in the new year? Swap the calorie-counting and lunchtime gym sessions for an early start on the open water.

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Destination: Turin

You can track the best of Turin along its waterways, whether it’s the spritely early-morning rowers or the late-night revellers carousing at the resurgent Murazzi. Explore and experience the aqua vita.

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Making a splash

Iraq's national rowing team, bidding for London 2012, defies the odds. With shambolic security and ethnic violence, even getting to training is an arduous task. On the water, however, none of it matters.