SLOGoing

Beautiful open water ocean swims in Avila Beach with a wonderful bike ride out Highway 1 and back O'Conner Road.

A brief week on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, with the last-of-season lake swims in June Lake and Convict Lake.

It is a light week of swimming, with my weekdays packed with work, leaving no time to swim. The days are getting shorter so a dawn patrol...

New wetsuit, warm waters, and sea foam make for an exciting week in the water.

Swimming towards a shark, plus numerous confirmed sightings, had me hang up my goggles for the week.

With so much swimming in the same area, it was exciting to leave the safety of the bay and venture out past the point.

Warming waters and a rescue of a sad, deflated raft lost at sea.

The water is finally warming up and the conditions have been outstanding.

Logging my first 4km 90 minute solo swim across the two piers.

Water temperatures are still low, the weather is warm, and the ocean is open for swimming.

The weather stayed clear, the beach stayed open, and my schedule allowed for regular open water ocean swims.

Between rain and a shark sighting, swimming was not frequent. The one swim was quite dark and cold.

Finally, getting regular swims back into the routine. It couldn't get more perfect.

With pools closed and rains deterring open water swims, I am trying to settle into a new normal.

Between COVID-19 pool closures and rain-deterred ocean swim, swimming has been suspended.

Training in a time of uncertainty

Expanding my swim training and logging my swim sets.

Open Water San Francisco Bay Swim from Alcatraz Island, under the Golden Gate, to Kirby Cove.