Swimming in Lake Bled

I love doing some open water training and today was my lucky day.

The few remaining triathletes at base camp went to lake Bled just 5km up the road from where we stay. We planned to go to the lake at 8 am but the weather didn’t play along. It was pouring down early in the morning and the lightning was frightening. Everybody knows lightning + triathletes in water = less competition for other athletes. Soon after the lightning stopped we decided to go for a swim.

Oggie, Rudolf, Carla, Wikus, Henri

When we arrived at the lake we were greeted by a few ducks and swans. We got into our wetsuits and saw a sleeping duck close to the edge of the water so we decided to have fun and see if we can catch it, but it was to fast for us. So then we started with the training set, which really and awesome set! The lake was crystal clear and you could see the fish swimming close to the edge of the lake.

Today’s swimming was really an amazing experience and it gave me a chance to observe the nature in the same time. I once again realised that I am very privileged and blessed to experience this training camp in the beautiful nature of Slovenia.