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300 m open water swim struggle

300 m open water swim struggle 300 m swim...Hmm, sounds fun?!?! no?...well for me was so much pressure, you can't believe it!!! My partner is doing lots of competitions, easy to mention that he grew up in Australia and water for him is like air for me. After couple of times in which he was trying to convince me that I can swim 750m not less, he register me for a 300 m swim, indeed for a good cause: 1st that was a charity festival, where all the funds raised will go to the people in Africa who don't have drinking water, and 2nd which is more personal, me trying to overtake my fear of being in deep open waters and swim. Easy to say but hard to do it, I would say! ....why so?!!?!?! for me being in open, deep water is like jumping from Titanic and trying to survive no matter what?!?!? is crazy, isn't it?:) Same happened this time, he was trying to make me feel more confident by explaining me how easy is if I will keep calm and just swim...well, let me tell you how was i