Open Water Swimming at Walden Pond in Concord

2008 Program Full

Summer 2009 schedule will be available in early winter.

The Breakwater Sports Open Water Program teaches open water swimming for triathletes or others who are new to open water swimming. All sessions are in cold, deep water. You will need a wetsuit most days. You may want two caps or a neoprene cap early in the season. Arrive early to warm up, suit up and get in the water at the starting time.

This program is not for beginning swimmers. You must be able to swim 400 yards comfortably.

Topics covered include: open water safety, starts and exits, sighting, drafting, turns, and strategy; how to drill and practice for open water swimming; transitions for triathlon and aquathon...

Some sessions will include video evaluation of open water skills. (Conditions permitting – cameras are waterproof, playback equipment is not!)

Visit the Walden Pond State Reservation Website for directions and the location of parking lots (parking is extra - not included in tuition for programs).

Thoreau went to Walden Pond

"..to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life."

He was talking about swimming, biking and running, right?

Walden Yards and Routes
Click the link above to open a single-page PDF version of two maps. One map shows distances in yards, the second shows routes for .5 mi, .9 mi, and 1.2 mi swims.