u/blondewithissues

hello! i am training for my first big open water swim next month. it's two miles in a lake! i'm really excited, and i've been training a lot. i recently went for my first real swim in a lake to train, and i really struggled with it :( the thing that really got me was the visibility. i've only ever really swum in a pool, and obviously there's no problem with visibility there, so when i got in the lake and could barely see my hand ahead of me it really freaked me out. i wanted to ask if anyone please has any tips they could give me on getting used to this, and otherwise anything you wish you knew when you started open water swimming? thank you!

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