As triathletes, it’s important to implement specific open water Swimming into your schedule, especially if you’re not confident in a large body of water, swimming in close proximity to others, sighting and other obstacles that open water swimming give us. Unfortunately, it’s not always possible to get out and Practice in the open water regularly due to time constraints, safety in numbers and as we have no doubt all experienced here, the Dubai bath water conditions during the Summer months. However, this is no excuse to not practice the all important skills needed for the open water and race season.