I finally got to swim the Onjuku open water swim race.
I entered in this a few years back but it was cancelled because of a typhoon. They still sent us a race t-shirt though even though the race was cancelled. Wanted to do it last year as well but was back in Sydney when the race was on. So finally got to do one of the few Japan swim races left on my bucketlist.
Onjuku is a great beach. Probably one of the beaches most closest to an Aussie beach.
The swim was 3.84km but was a bit over 4km.
The swim was the entire length of the beach and swimming into each of the fishing ports on each end of the island.
Nice swim. Long though. A little bit choppy.
Sighting and navigation is still really difficult for me. I think I swim way more than I need to.
Was a good day out with a bunch of us doing various distances throughout the day. A handful of us did the 3.84km, a couple of others did the 1.5km and the guys did the relay as well.
My overall time was 1hr 25min for about 4km. Was happy it was under 90minutes but still a slow swim for me.
Check out this crab on a wall:
A great day for a swim:
Beautiful white sand beach:
Onjuku open water swim:
The course around the whole beach:
Lifeguards ready:
Post-race, enjoyed some SUPping!
Wipe out!
We tried to tandem SUP:
The end of summer.
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