I had my first open water coaching session yesterday. Although it wasn't in open water but in a swimming pool!

Main reason being that it's too cold to be in the water for too long at the moment, so my coach uses a swimming pool to teach the basics until it starts to get warmer. Usually this is by April, so I will have a couple more swimming pool sessions in the meantime.

As I've said previously, I can already swim, but I want to be able to swim more comfortably in the open water. So we began by working on developing my breathing technique and then my front crawl technique in order to improve my body position to make me as efficient as possible in the water.

Really enjoyed it and the time went quickly. I now have to go away and practice what I've learned before my next session in a few weeks time.