28th September 2025. Swimming lesson!

I've 'dipped' in open water plenty of times over the years and love it! but only properly swam a decent distance in a pool which I'm not keen on because of the chlorine messing with my hair! I am very precious about my hair!

Despite being a fairly competent swimmer, doing it in a wetsuit is quite different due to the buoyancy. Add to that, struggling with breath control meant I didn't have the confidence to maintain front crawl around a 500m circuit with no side to hold on to and rest if needed and being 4-5m deep. So I defaulted to breaststroke with my head out of water. This meant I was slower, which is fine but my position was also not ideal thanks again to the buoyancy of the wetsuit!

So, I paid for a swimming lesson 🤣

The lovely Jane conducted an analysis of my stroke, gave me some really helpful tips so I can work on my technique and I managed around 500m (20 lengths) mostly front crawl!

Back in two weeks for another lesson and swim at Sale water park.

Can't beat the peacefulness and tranquillity of the Flash but the water at Sale marina is crystal clear albeit cold!

My aim here is also to prep for my winter swims, and completing the gold penguin challenge, to swim 1000m min per month from 1st November to 31st March 🥶