Earning A Second Piece Of Pie -
We had 10 swimmers in the water this morning looking to do a long swim and to be guilt free later today when solving the choice of 'apple or cherry pie?' and saying I'll have both!
The water gods smiled on us with nice swimming conditions. It was overcast with a peek of sun and a hint of warmth after we were out of the water. The temperatures were 55° air and 58° water. When we got in at 7:15 the water was smooth with a slight swell, the waves were 1 to 2 foot and the water was clean with good visibility. Midway through the swim the swell picked up and the water became lumpy with some push. When we were getting out the surf was up with some 5 foot waves.
The plan was to get in at 7, beating the crowds and the parking hassles, and to do about 5000M. With the large difference in our speeds and one persons desire to sneak in a Birthday Swim we swam in several groups.
Nick, Alan, David, Avery, Eileen, Jim, Tom Israel, Niel and Paula
Tom Lorish got in later. We spoke to him at the first buoy as we were finishing up.
The route was east along the buoys and past buoy #4 until we were clear of the kelp at the reef buoy, go around the kelp and to the end of the Avila Pier. Then to the second crossbars on the Poly Pier, to the end of the P. Pier, back to the end of the Avila Pier and in to the first buoy where several people had tied off bottles of endurance drink. We checked our distance and decided that another triangle would put us at 5K. Tom Israel said that he was feeling good and was going to swim to the Avila Rock to make the 6500M distance for his birthday swim.
Getting In
Niel's plot
Tom I's plot
Tom does Poseidon walking out of the sea after swimming 6,500M.
Don and I will swim and easy mile tomorrow at 7.
niel
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