Bird vs. Plane
Coogee to Bondi 5k ocean swim
Anzac Day 25th April 2010
First year this swim has been run without compulsory paddler escorts for swimmers
Perfect conditions for an endurance swim - Raining/overcast, but no wave, wind or swell
Water temp ok about 20c
Swim out from Coogee beach around the first marker, which was a water safety boat off Giles Point
Then straight across Gordons Bay and Clovelly to Shark Point around another water safety boat - swimming through deep green water and thousands of little white jellyblubbers
Follow the cliffs past Waverley cemetery around buoys off Bronte Beach & Tamarama Beach
Really close around Mackenzies Point into Bondi
Swam over a huge school of big mullet or salmon at Bondi
Swam close to all the markers, but went a bit too wide into Bondi, covered some extra distance
Fast and easy swim in the flat conditions
Had plenty of energy left to go hard at the finish
Distance on the day was around 4.5k because we could swim so close to the headlands
On a day with bigger swell we'd have to swim wider and it would be close to the full 5k
Time 1.22.54
I'm happy with that for my first 5k ocean swim, maintained under 2 minute pace in the good conditions
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