Tay Jieren Clarence 郑杰仁 

DOB:13 July 2004 Birth weight: 3.635kg Lilypie Kids birthday Ticker

Tay Yingxi Vincy 郑颖希 

DOB:27 Aug 2008 Birth weight:3.125Kg Lilypie Kids birthday Ticker

Friday, July 15, 2011

Clarence's first Open Water Swim

Registered Clarence with his swimming coach for his first Open Water Swim in East Coast. Both of them happily waiting to go to the beach.


Vincy all geared up in her bikini and shorts outfit to play in the sand while waiting for Clarence to finish. But she was scared of the waves and the sand so she only played for less than 5 minutes. Only wear stylo then go and hide in the shade playing ipad and eating tidbits.



They started swimming short distances marked by some floating markers, then the markers were placed farther and farther away which means the distance became longer and longer. According to the coach, it was slightly more than 50m. Really tiring for my little boy, so small swimming in the big sea against the current. Good exposure and experience though. He was given a discount in one of the activities. He went 3 rounds instead of 4 cos he was too slow. They were required to swim a loop then jog on the beach and repeat.



Group photo:


Relaxing time after the tedious training:


I asked me how he felt about the training session, he said, "good". Later when I told him there will be another session 2 week later, he said, "HUH!" Haha, I believe that is he genuine reaction.
He said it was difficult to swim in the sea becos:
1) low visibility
2) strong currents pushing him away
3) kept drinking the salty sea water
4) his goggles was faulty, so he needed to keep stopping to adjust his goggles.

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