{"id":2330,"date":"2025-12-05T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2025-12-04T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:14:09","slug":"uma-viagem-desportiva-ate-as-aguas-abertas-%f0%9f%8f%8a%f0%9f%8c%8a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/uma-viagem-desportiva-ate-as-aguas-abertas-%f0%9f%8f%8a%f0%9f%8c%8a\/","title":{"rendered":"A sports trip to Open Water"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since I was little, I\u2019ve been challenging the sea and training, but the first time I truly became aware of it wasn\u2019t pleasant: I was under 10 years old and went to challenge the waves. With the very first wave, I managed to withstand the impact, but other children were dragged away \ud83d\ude14. No one learns on the first try, and following someone else can lead to a very bad outcome: it seemed \u2018obvious,\u2019 but it wasn\u2019t \ud83e\udd14. Making your own path is essential, and being surrounded by family and friends makes it even better \ud83e\udd13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt around 10 or 11 years old, far from the sea, I started playing tennis \ud83c\udfbe, and my \u2018natural\u2019 enthusiasm kicked in: family and friends involved, watching tournaments, training with coaches\u2026 After a few months, \u2018Rita, do you want to take part in a tournament?\u2019 Why not? Testing your training is incredibly enriching! And having family and friends by your side makes it even better \ud83d\ude0d I\u2019m pragmatic: I give my best and follow only my own path \ud83c\udf1e. And just like that, swimming was gone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my teenage years, I received invitations and practiced other sports, but my brother led me astray into Windsurfing. I asked my parents for lessons and off I went, starting from zero again \ud83d\udcaa. Along the way, I met people from many different professions and of all ages, from \u20188 to 80\u2019: what amazing human richness \ud83e\udd13! They were incredible years too, now back at the sea \ud83c\udf0a\u26f5\ud83d\udc1f\u2693.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life changes and having less time available led me to switch activities, and I started from \u2018zero\u2019 again. I highlight dance: it was only a few years, but intense ones \ud83d\ude0a, and it also brought lifelong friends \ud83e\udec2. One of them is connected to swimming \ud83c\udfca. But I returned to tennis with great intensity: I had to relearn everything and learn many new things. And there, too, friendships were (re)born that brighten my life \ud83c\udf1e. I postponed swimming, which was already on my mind \ud83d\udcad\ud83e\udd37, but I was already recovering from physical wear and tear in the pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I turned a life event into the opportunity to start swimming lessons \ud83e\udd73. Life is different now \u2014 I\u2019m more measured and more pragmatic. In a world full of noise \u26a1, I choose my path carefully \ud83d\udcda. While watching a friend\u2019s Open Water race, I saw the sea and felt the friendships and a unique atmosphere. The result: I added an Open Water class on top of regular swimming \ud83e\udee3\ud83e\udd23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI only know that I know nothing, but I do know that sport opens doors to meeting people who brighten our lives \ud83d\udcb0\ud83c\udf1e. It offers unique opportunities for learning and personal growth, with invisible podiums that mark our lives \ud83e\udd47\ud83c\udf1e. Water, in particular, brings both challenge and serenity \u2014 two beautiful and complementary opposites. So, shall we swim? \ud83d\ude0e\u2600\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ana Rita Rodrigues<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Desde pequena que desafio o mar e treino, mas a primeira vez que tive verdadeira consci\u00eancia disso n\u00e3o foi agrad\u00e1vel: tinha menos de 10 anos e fui desafiar as ondas. Logo na primeira onda, consegui aguentar o impacto, mas outros meninos foram arrastados \ud83d\ude14. Ningu\u00e9m aprende \u00e0 primeira e seguir algu\u00e9m pode dar muito mau resultado:  parecia … <\/p>\n

Read more “Uma viagem desportiva at\u00e9 \u00e0s \u00c1guas Abertas \ud83c\udfca\ud83c\udf0a”<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sem-categoria-en"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Clube Swim4fun","author_link":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/author\/geralclube-swim4fun-pt\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}