Today is the day: my first blog post. Not just this blog – any blog. My typical day begins at about 6:30 when my 19-month-old wakes up (sometimes earlier depending on what time my 3-year-old climbs into bed with us – stop… Read More ›
Month: September 2012
39.4km on the first day of fall
Big swim day for the 4 of us. Emily and I swam 9.5km in Sitges (house – Aiguadolç – Sausalito – church – Terramar) with our good friend Alberto Compte, who crossed the strait of Gibraltar last summer. Visibility was… Read More ›
Getting back into the pool
In many ways Susan and I followed a similar swimming path post college; that path was that we just stopped swimming. In stark contrast many of my teammates continued to swim on Masters teams, coached younger swimmers with passion, attended… Read More ›
Confidence Booster in Cadaqués
This weekend Mauricio and I did a 6.5K race in Cadaques, Spain. Driving up from Barcelona on Friday, we checked the official Facebook page and saw that the weather was treacherous thanks to the infamous “Tramontana” winds. There was lots of talk… Read More ›
Jellyfish Galore on a 6.5k
Today we had to do a longer distance in the open water so Emily drove down to Sitges and met Mauricio and me for an early morning swim. It was warm and sunny and the water was as flat as… Read More ›
A word from the dark horse
We just got this e-mail from Carrington. I’d call her the “Dark Horse”. Not because she’s slow- she’s actually the fastest of us all. But she’s got the most difficult training situation. More on that later… but here is what… Read More ›
Menorca Team Training
This weekend marked our first “team training”. Normally when you think of swimming you think of a very solitary sport but when crossing the Straits, it’s important that we can all swim together at the same pace for 4-7 hours… Read More ›
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