Sunday, March 10, 2013

It was absolutely beautiful at Avila Beach today; sunny, warm and no wind (yet).  The water was 51 degrees with a few birds and one seal that I only saw once.  We had a nice crowd today including a few faces that we have not seen in a while;  Niel, Byron, Sharley, Rob, Duke, Rick, Rhonda, Brad, Sue Free, who is a friend of Rob's from the bay area and Chad and Brittany.      Chad and Sharley were running, Rhonda and Brittany were sunning, Brad and Rick did a quick dip before stretching out and relaxing, and Niel, Rob, Duke, Sue and Byron were planning a 1 mile +/- swim.  The zipper on Byron's wetsuit came apart as he was getting ready so he had to sit out.  We swam out, turned left and headed towards Fossil Point.  This was Sue's first swim with us. Rob knew that she swam in the bay area and had a successful Catalina Channel crossing to her credit but he didn't know that she was fast.  The rest of us spent the swim playing catch up. We did a long leg parallel to the beach, turned to the end of the Avila Pier and then came in along the pier.  We were in the water for 40 minutes and covered 1.25 miles.  
My plot looks a bit squirrely because I didn't get my Hydro Tracker turned off when I left the water.

Wednesday Evening Swims Are Starting - Get some open water time in before those early races!
With the time change we are going to be swimming on Wednesday evenings, starting this Wednesday, 3/13.  We will be getting in the water at 5:30 and can push the start time towards 6 as the days lengthen if the people who are showing up like the idea. 

niel