Hi,

First, yes I have Ian with when i do open water swim practice. He's my marker & swims ahead a bit on the boogie board.

I have an open water swim event (www.swimthrurotto.com) in mid december that i'm training for & need some assistance. I'd like to do a few more & they're anywhere from 1.2km to 2km's. They're all ocean based.

1-I wonder how you swim with the waves? I sort of just swim with it but is that the right thing to do?
2-I practiced sighting but is there a trade secret I should know? I find that I almost have to do a breastroke stroke every little bit but that just slows ya down.

If anyone has any suggestions etc, please pass them on I'm clueless when it comes to swimming in the ocean other than for pleasure. I assume you have to trust the water.

One more FYI..At our group swim sessions on M &Thurs (in the pool)we do about 2km.

Ta
C