Thursday, September 4, 2025

Thursday, September 4th, 2025

It was grey and overcast this morning. It was 58° and clam with a flat ocean and 2 foot +/- surf. All typical for a late summer morning in Avila Beach.  The water temperature was 60° but it felt coldish after a week of temperatures of 62° to 64°.  How easily we get used to warmer water. 

I swam a couple of triangles. My shoulders felt loose and I felt good the whole way. 

I have Tom Israel to thank for my loose shoulders. He has been loosening up before a swim by holding a length of rope in both hands, more than shoulder width apart, and doing paddling and windmill motions and I've picked it up. I don't push the movements. I think of different ways to move that will work my neck, shoulders and lats.  It takes less than a minute. I'm using a length of an aluminum pole because with something stiff I can easily change the spacing between my hands.

I'll swim Saturday at 7 and Sunday at 11. 

niel

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