A Saturday Swim With A Surprise -
Swimming conditions are pretty consistant; at 7AM it was overcast, 61° and calm. The ocean was 62°, glassy and the surf was 2 foot with some set at 3'+.
It was Jodi and Niel this morning.
Jodi proposed a new route: Starting at the #1 buoy on the east side we would swim the buoy line to #4 and then back to #1, then to the end of the Avila Pier, to the 4th buoy and back along the buoys to #1, then under the pier and repeat on the west side. Finishing back at the first buoy I had 3300M. I'll do this route again.
The surprise was that as I was starting to head to the beach Jodi told me that 'since it was only another 2000' she was going to do her birthday swim. I headed in and waited for her on the beach. She swam 5708 yards in 1:54 for the year of her 57th birthday.
On the beach she looked happy and like she could have done more. I asked her how she felt about going two hours without any nutrition and she said the she just felt like going for it today so that was it.
Plot of Niel and Jodi's swim
Niel and Jodi at the end of the Avila Pier
Jodi walking out after 2 hours in the water.
I'll swim tomorrow at 11.
niel
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