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    HOW TO NAVIGATE A CHOPPY SWIM

    Apr 16, 2020 6 minutes
    Michael Barrett, Chichester
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    Wow, I remember Ironman 70.3 Lahti. I guess that’s the beauty and the beast of racing in open water. But, usually those kinds of crazy conditions are found in the sea, not a lake!

    So first off, well done! It sounds as though you swam the whole way round the course without the need to grab a buoy or kayak. By finishing the swim, even though it was crazy hard and you weren’t prepared for those conditions as you hadn’t trained in them, you deserve a huge congratulations.

    FIRST THINGS FIRST…

    I can’t really answer this question, though, without addressing the current global situation, which has affected our training and racing options like nothing we’ve ever seen before. Right now, access to a pool simply isn’t an option. And the race calendar has been obliterated for the foreseeable. But racing will start up again, and we will be able to return to pools, lakes, lidos etc. and when we do, we’ll

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