David

I am a swimmer who swims in both the pool and the open ocean - generally I prefer 50m pools over 25m pools - happy to swim in freshwater (eg;- Manly Dam), saltwater and chlorine - I suppose if I have to rate my preferences it would be salt, fresh and then chlorine - though chlorine does have its place when weather dictates.   I usually only swim freestyle.   I swim in both a wettie and cossies - depending on season.   I also like sorta "adventure" swimming like in Manly Dam and places like Smugglers Cove in the Basin in Pittwater (not Bongin Bongin at Mona Vale - though I do like to swim there too).   Speed wise a session that I like to do but it very very tough is 10 x 200 on 3.15 mins but that is super hard - a training session for me is never shorter than 1.5km and rarely longer than 3km - I am happy to swim with both girls and guys.   Due to my work I can't really swim prior to 8am cause I work in a trade and start work at 7am at the latest.   I do like Open Water Swimming but if training for something serious, for mine nothing beats training in a pool against the clock.   Yes I do do the Shelley to South Steyne swim.