{"id":7713,"date":"2011-04-28T06:25:46","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T05:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7713"},"modified":"2011-04-27T07:53:12","modified_gmt":"2011-04-27T06:53:12","slug":"open-water-swimming-in-borth-and-aberystwyth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/04\/open-water-swimming-in-borth-and-aberystwyth\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Water Swimming in Borth and Aberystwyth"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sea temperature is gradually warming up, it still isn’t warm at about 10\u00baC but it’s warm enough to get in for a swim with my Triathlon Wetsuit<\/a> on and the warm sunny days have made the sea look quite inviting.<\/p>\n

I had a nice swim at Ynyslas last Thursday, just a straight swim down the beach a little and then back. I find open water swimming quite relaxing in a way, the strokes are longer and slower and if the water is calm you can just glide along with no need to turn. I’d aimed to do a mile, but had to judge the distance myself whilst swimming and ended up doing a little more – 1.36 miles in 34:41 to be precise.<\/p>\n

I then had another Open Water Swim on Easter Monday, this time in Aberystwyth with a group of Triathletes from the INTR Tri Club. Again, it was a nice easy swim, this time up and down the bay in Aberyswyth, and a bit of fun on a sunny Bank Holiday morning. It’s also a new way for me to draw little red lines all over Google Earth!<\/p>\n\n\t\t