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By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m a chronic pool swimmer. It’s not that I don’t like open water–I really,\u00a0really<\/em> like it when I get the chance to do it, but going to school in the middle of Amish country Ohio and having a real person job during the summer severely limits my opportunities to really get out into the big blue and just go. So I settle for pools.<\/p>\n

But this morning I went for an open water swim off the coast of Florida’s Amelia Island. The water was a balmy 80 degrees, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, and I was feeling good as I jogged down to the edge of the water. I went out about 25 yards off shore and took of parallel to my sisters, who were tanning on the beach.<\/p>\n

The swim was amazing and I loved every second of it, but there are always a few things that catch me off guard during my first ocean swim of the summer and these things are always the same, time after time. I guess I never learn.<\/p>\n

1. I’m always shocked at that first mouthful of salt water that I get.<\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Gwangju Summer Universiade Organizing Committee<\/p><\/div>\n

It doesn’t matter that I know that I’m in the ocean, I still expect chlorine. So from the first stroke, I’m parched for the rest of my swim because I can’t remember to keep my mouth shut.<\/p>\n

2. I realize that I’m very bad at sighting when I’m not thinking about it.<\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Simon Watts\/Open Water Source<\/p><\/div>\n

This morning I swam diagonally into the shore for the first 300 yards of my swim because I just chose not to sight for 10-15 strokes at a time. I recognized my error when my hand grabbed more sand than water.<\/p>\n

3. There is a combination of apprehension and reverence that I feel when I remember that I’m a visitor in the home of a multitude of critters.<\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Wikimedia<\/p><\/div>\n

Sometimes I like when the water is murky because I can’t see what might be below or next to me. Other times I wish I could see so I didn’t get hit in the face with a jumping fish.<\/p>\n

4. Lane lines are a total game changer.<\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Competitor<\/p><\/div>\n

Nothing makes me appreciate lane lines more than when I’m being tossed around in the rough breakers or swimming against a particularly strong current. Pools lack tides and significant waves, making open water much more interesting.<\/p>\n

5. Swimming 500 yards in open water is much more physically taxing than it is in the pool.<\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Erich Schlegel\/USA Today Sports Images<\/p><\/div>\n

Sighting, swimming against currents, fighting breakers; open water is hard work. While I can just keep going without worrying about turns or missing the flags, it’s infinitely more exhausting than a pool swim of the same length. But that makes it that much more satisfying.<\/p>\n

6. The ocean is so freeing.<\/h2>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Sarah Lloyd<\/p><\/div>\n

There is something so profound about taking a breath and seeing nothing but water for miles and miles. It’s liberating, exciting, and satisfying. Open water gives me something that pool swimming can’t and I love it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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