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 ›
Training
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 ›
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 ›
NYC Pool Training
Evidence of Sooz and Carrington NYC training in TriBeCa. Em, lay off the Bourbon, will ya?
7km training Sitges
Lunch after a 7.15km group swim in Sitges. Included in this picture are three swimmers who recently crossed the Strait of Gibraltar: David Baulenas (1st from left), Alberto Compte (first from right), Jordi Cañellas (next to Alberto).
Training Principles
Success on G day = Commitment to train + Determination to go beyond + refusal to quit when it hurts 1-Shoot for minimum of 3km swims. 2. Do at least one long swim per month of half the weekly distance… Read More ›
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