07/06/2026
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If you've ever stopped 50m into an open water swim with your heart in your throat — you're not weak, and you're not unfit. You're a pool swimmer whose nervous system just met four new variables at once: dark water, a wetsuit, a crowd, and no walls.
The stroke isn't the problem. The setting is. And the setting is trainable.
Splash your face. Sight early. Wear the suit. Breathe out underwater. Start at the back. None of those are skills you're born with — they're skills you build, ideally before race morning.