Ireland

I arrived in Ireland Monday the 15th and had my first training swim that night in a river in Fermoy the water was 15 Celsius. (Picture above)

Tuesday morning the 16th I was up at 4:25am to go to Sandy Cove for a swim at 5am the water ranged from 13-15 Celsius and then that night we swam in Iniscara which was a great place to swim and a very warm 18 Celsius.

Wednesday the 17th I was up at 4:20am to swim in Sandy Cove at 5am again the water was 12.5-15 Celsius. When i arrived to swim it was pouring rain, dark, cold, and very windy. On the inside of the Island we were protected from most of the waves so it was only windy, rainy and cold. When we made it to the outside of the Island it was not protected at all. We were swimming in 3-4 ft waves with very strong cross winds and hard rain. It was a great training swim because we never know how are real swim will go so it helped prepare us for almost anything.