{"id":5797,"date":"2010-09-03T16:11:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T15:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5797"},"modified":"2010-09-03T16:22:42","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T15:22:42","slug":"open-water-swimming-take-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/09\/open-water-swimming-take-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Water Swimming &#8211; Take 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve just been out to try out my new open-water swimming wetsuit again. This time I went for a swim in the estuary in perfect condition. Warm, sunny and with no wind so the water was as flat as could be. It was pretty much high tide too so not much in the way of currents.<\/p>\n<p>I swam from the beach out around the cockle beds and into the Leri, around a buoy there and then back. last time I did an open-water swim I wore my GPS watch on my wrist but I think the movement of my arm meant that it over-recorded the distance I&#8217;d traveled.<\/p>\n<p>This time I wore it on my ankle to try to overcome that problem but for some reason it didn&#8217;t seem to record at all. Don&#8217;t worry, I have a &#8216;Plan C&#8217; &#8211; Next time I&#8217;ll try putting it under my swimming cap.<\/p>\n<p>This is where I went nonetheless &#8211; I reckon it was about a mile and my time of 22 minutes would be about right for that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_5798\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Today's Open Water Swim Route\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/swim3-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5798\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5798 \" title=\"swim3-9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/swim3-9-400x314.jpg\" alt=\"Today's Swim\" width=\"400\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/swim3-9-400x314.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/swim3-9-120x94.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/swim3-9.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Open Water Swim Route<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve just been out to try out my new open-water swimming wetsuit again. 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