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Thinking about first IRONMAN 70.3 Gdynia? Good tips for a Salt Water Triathlon Swim!

If you’re an athlete who doesn’t get the chance to swim in salt water often, the thought could be daunting. At Enea IRONMAN 70.3 Gdynia triathlon the water is a little dark and cool. In Nice or Kona, the water is clear blue and beautiful. Here are few tips to help navigate all the wonders salty swimming has to offer.

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1. Take a disposable bottle of water with you to drink in the morning and to rinse your mouth out with after you warm up. Hand it to a volunteer or spectator when you’re done to prevent littering.

2. Shorten up your strokes if it’s choppy. Practice this in the pool a few times leading up to the triathlon race.

3. Sight “higher” if there are waves. It’s much harder to keep your head low on a choppy swim. Again, work on this in the pool before you head to the race.

4. You may need to roll more to breath. Pool technique rules don’t apply all that well to a rough open water swimming.

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5. Have a water bottle at your bike to rinse your mouth out before you mount, after exit the water.

6. If the salt water gives you an upset tummy, consider putting two cinnamon crickets in the corners of your mouth. Suck on them when you need to. It works great to rid your taste buds of that very strong sea water flavor that can lead to vomiting.

7. Use the special Body Gel anywhere that clothing touches you. The salt water is like sand paper.

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Triathlon Enea IRONMAN 70.3 Gdynia is one of the biggest triathlon event in the Central and Eastern Europe. Every year in the first days of August, almost 2,500 athletes from 50 countries of the world arrive to Poland, their common goal – awesome race course in the Kashubia region: is a 1,93 km swim in Baltic sea, the very beautiful bike course (90 km) in Northern Poland and fantastic running stage (21,1 km) in the center of Gdynia city!

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Athletes swim in the Gdansk Bay of Baltic Sea. The swimming race distance – 1,93 km (official standard of Half Ironman Triathlon – «70.3 ®»). Usually the average temperature of water at the summer time of year in the Baltic Sea is about + 17-20 °C. The water is salty and changes shades in different weather.

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Happy training and racing in Triathlon IRONMAN 70.3 Gdynia!

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