Water temp: 21 degrees
Late, late swim. The water is thick with what I assume is the blue/green algae we're warned about on the way in. I'm intending to practice sighting in open water for this Saturday's triathlon. My blue goggles make the pond look very eerie and steamy in the setting sun, I feel like I'm on the set of a Hammer House of Horror film.
I decide to swim the longest stretch of the pond, right across the middle. I keep my mouth resolutely shut. I can't find the breathing rhythm 2-4-4-4-2 so I try 2-3-3-3-2 but it's all too complicated. I'm giving up and going home to eat leftover bbq food and watch the World Cup.