Open Water Swimming

Ipin had asked me whether i wanted to join him training an open water swimming session at Port Dickson and i just said "I'm in"..guess what, we are joining Azran Osman Rani, the CEO of AirAsia X..he's gonna participate in Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore Triathlon in 18 March 2012..so he needed a proper training to familiarize himself with the condition and distance..we arrived at Bayu Beach Resort, PD around 8.30am and started swimming very soon upon arrival..its just to make sure that we could finish before the sunlight burns our skin..we did a loop from Bayu Resort shore to the Avillion Admiral Cove's guard house..one way course is estimated to be 1km in length..

Swimming in an open water is totally different with pool..fighting with current and salty water is unpleasant and could not simply finish it..your throat can easily dried out and sore because of the saltiness..i just made up my mind to finish the route no matter what..even it was just a training session, i needed to take this opportunity to challenge myself..experiencing the difficulty during last year PD International Triathlon, i took my own sweet time swimming back and forth to the shorelines..the only problem, my open water swimming navigation is failed..i can simply swim away out of the course route and not clocking good time because of it..hmm lesson learnt and i need to improve it from time to time..perhaps training in pool guided by the line underneath the surface did not help at all when it comes to open water swim..

Even feeling unwell with my throat after a long back to back salt water swim, i did enjoy the session and meeting new friends who enjoy doing this thingy especially Azran, man behind the scene of successful airlines sharing same interest with me..at least got something to be proud of..wishing u a best of luck competing Aviva 70.3 Ironman..hope we can compete each other in a triathlon race but in different age category..hehehe

me after swim

he's a good swimmer, man!

swim course map