Hello, I'm new here and I'm rly curious about your reasons, motivations to do open water swimming? For me, it's just like any other sport. Do you have any interesting story about this??
I was in England a few weeks ago visiting some friends I'd met on a SwimTrek. We did a nice OW swim in a pond outside of Windsor somewhere. It had buoys set up for about an 800m loop that we did a few times. There was pond/weed debris that was tiny, but it made you feel as if you were flying fast as you swam through it. Amazingly enough, the water temp wasn't nearly as cold as I was afraid it'd be. It was about 74, definitely at the bottom of my cold range (I'm a wuss), but so nice. Plus it was fun to move at the same speed as one of the girls - we paced well together in the Maldives and then got right back in the groove again here. Really a delightful morning.
I was in England a few weeks ago visiting some friends I'd met on a SwimTrek. We did a nice OW swim in a pond outside of Windsor somewhere. It had buoys set up for about an 800m loop that we did a few times. There was pond/weed debris that was tiny, but it made you feel as if you were flying fast as you swam through it. Amazingly enough, the water temp wasn't nearly as cold as I was afraid it'd be. It was about 74, definitely at the bottom of my cold range (I'm a wuss), but so nice. Plus it was fun to move at the same speed as one of the girls - we paced well together in the Maldives and then got right back in the groove again here. Really a delightful morning.