{"id":3345,"date":"2026-08-21T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/?p=3345"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T09:38:08","slug":"nadar-nas-aguas-geladas-do-norte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/nadar-nas-aguas-geladas-do-norte\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming in the icy northern waters."},"content":{"rendered":"
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My open-water swimming journey has been a mix of highs and lows, of quitting and starting over.
It all started in 2019, on a Sunday afternoon on the Minho River. With the tide coming in, a friend and I swam from Caminha to Seixas. We made the upstream journey at lightning speed! A few days later, we swam down the Coura River, from Vilarelho to Caminha. We wrapped up the week at the *Senhora da Agonia* event. The water was freezing (as always); it was a 2km swim where I struggled to breathe the whole time, my body completely frozen. The following week, I took part in the *Costa Serena* crossing. The water was 20\u00b0C, with no waves... It was absolute paradise. That year, I swam the Coura a few more times, but then autumn arrived, and we went back to the pool.
The following summer, COVID hit... In 2021, I competed in two or three races, always under strict pandemic restrictions. The pools had been closed all winter; I hadn't trained at all, and my body felt the strain with every stroke. I spent the summer of 2022 pregnant, swimming only in pools. In 2023, I returned to open water. I thought everything would be just as it was before, but it wasn't...
Motherhood changed a lot of things. I developed a panic about deep water; I would freeze with fear every time I got in. I put my wetsuit away, thinking I\u2019d never be able to return to the sea.
As time went by, I gradually returned to the sport\u2014always with a companion so I\u2019d feel safer\u2014and managed to get my fear under control.
This year, I decided to sign up for the National Masters Circuit. I started training in the pool with Gon\u00e7alo, and gradually, I began to gain confidence.
So far, I\u2019ve completed two races in the circuit and one other race in Galicia. I always feel great. Even though I\u2019m still not in top form, every time I get out of the water having finished a race, I feel like I\u2019ve made the podium.
My daughter is almost four years old now and has always accompanied me. Although she complains a lot because it takes me a long time to finish, for me, every race completed is a victory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joana Pereira<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A minha experi\u00eancia em aguas abertas \u00e9 feita de altos e baixos, de abandonos e recome\u00e7os.Tudo come\u00e7ou em 2019,numa tarde de domingo, no rio minho. Mar\u00e9 a subir fui de caminha a seixas com 1 amiga. Subimos \u00e0 velocidade da luz! Passado uns dias, descemos o rio coura: vilarelho-caminha. Acabamos a semana no meeting da … <\/p>\n

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