The start of the Open Water swimming season is the first Western Province (WP) Open Water Swimming Series event. Most events are held at Ashanti Wine Farm in Paarl. This years series will see two events at Ashanti Wine Farm, one in Worcester and one at Theewaterskloof. The events take place once a month from November to February every year, with the January event incorporating Western Province Open Water Swimming Championships.
The first event of the day was the 5km swim. This event was set to start at 08h00 but due to low lying cloud cover, the organisers struggled to get exact GPS coordinates whilst measuring the course. The conditions were chilly with very little wind to speak of. The water temperature was sitting at around 17DegC.
I headed into the water wearing my Arena Powerskin Revo Jammer ready to set off on our five lap course, one kilometer per loop. Danie Marais and Rudolf Visser set a very fast pace from the gun, I was feeling slightly out of sorts and settled into my own comfortable rhythm holding onto a distant third place.
