From 'Open Water' to 'Ocean'

In I go...along with 206 others!

After deciding to challenge myself with open water swimming i have been looking forward to this day. Today was my first competitive Ocean Swim. The event was held at Newport Surf Club and the ocean was 3 foot swell and 4 foot waves at 6 second intervals.

After a rough start with lots of kicks, whacks and shoves from 207 compeditors I managed to navigate around the 800m course in 13 minutes 44 seconds...not bad for my first ocean event.