I'm new to swimming, having just started last October at the local Y. I'd been swimming a mile 3 times a week in the pool.
I just recently started open water swimming with a few friends.
Wondering what everyone's thoughts are on swimming alone in open water. Pool swimming is suddenly less appealing (i.e., monotonous), but it's hard to coordinate training in open water with others sometimes. Is swimming alone an absolute no-no?
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Hi there! what is your swimming ability, and what are the conditions in which you will be swimming?
opinions about open water swimming vary greatly (actually, i've been advised, so to speak, by my coach that ocean swimming is not the best thing... but that's probably a different story...)- if you swim parallel to the shore of a guarded beach, it should be pretty safe. generally speaking, you should let the guards know what you'll be doing as a courtesy and, on some beaches, if you ask nicely, they'll let you (perhaps) swim with them during their morning workout.... having said that, I used to swim by myself in the sea and I 've had no problems (with the exception being my husband humming the theme from Jaws while I'm searching for my goggles;) )...
Hi there! what is your swimming ability, and what are the conditions in which you will be swimming?
opinions about open water swimming vary greatly (actually, i've been advised, so to speak, by my coach that ocean swimming is not the best thing... but that's probably a different story...)- if you swim parallel to the shore of a guarded beach, it should be pretty safe. generally speaking, you should let the guards know what you'll be doing as a courtesy and, on some beaches, if you ask nicely, they'll let you (perhaps) swim with them during their morning workout.... having said that, I used to swim by myself in the sea and I 've had no problems (with the exception being my husband humming the theme from Jaws while I'm searching for my goggles;) )...
