One thing I’m pretty good at is forcing myself to not think negative thoughts when swimming in the ocean. When Carrington waxes on about sharks or Emily flips about huge jellyfish, I usually say: “no, there’s nothing out there…. just… Read More ›
Open Water
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Governor’s Island Swim
Susan’s take of the swim: “Carrington and I swimming around the birthplace of NYC this am. Swim was great- jumped off a ferry, saw lady liberty waving at us every time we took a breath, swam around to the open Atlantic, and… Read More ›
Travesía Sitges
The conditions made this crossing particularly challenging and it added a good 25% of the time normally required for this distance. This was Emily’s first Open Water race. The short distance and the added difficulties imposed by the current and… Read More ›
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