Dec
14
2008
In mountain climbing the unsung heroes are the sherpas/porters. In open water swimming the unsung heroes are the pilot boats.
Typically I’m a swimmer, and pilot boats protect me. Today I had the opportunity to switch roles. I piloted a swim with 25 swimmers. There were 5 other pilot boats including me.
Role of the pilot [...]
Tags: dolphin club, mountain, open water, open water swimming, photography, pilot boats, Piloting, Reuben, rowboat, sherpa, tidal current, unsung heroes, vantage point, water temp, Whitehall, wooden rowboat
Oct
29
2008
Last night I swam in black glass. We jumped into the San Francisco Bay ocean water after dark. It was so darn peaceful as the light of the Ghirardelli Chocholate Factory shone across the black glassy water. These are the nights that can make any workday worth living. It was a wonderful cold water training swim. My [...]
Tags: blog, cold, dolphin club, laurin weisenthal, night swimming, ocean, san francisco, swimming, Training, wilier
Jun
11
2008
It’s coming down to D-day. Less than two weeks! This past weekend, in final preps for our journey, I left the loving comfort of my family and my new Denver home and headed west to the land of fruit and nuts. The San Francisco Bay is a phenomenal training ground for the [...]
Tags: cold, dolphin club, english channel, Fun, san francisco, swimming, Training
May
21
2008
Sorry for the radio/blog silence. I was driving cross-country in my Jeep & Trailer. What a gorgeous drive!
I moved from Philadelphia to San Francisco. I’m new here, and one of the big parts of moving for me is finding a new place to workout. I know about the Dolphin Swim Club in San Francisco, so [...]
Tags: blog, dolphin club, english channel, Fun, open water, philadelphia, san francisco, workout
Dec
03
2007
As many of you know, I trained this past summer at the Dolphin Swim Club in the San Francisco Bay. Swimming there each morning was an amazing treat, especially since I lived just blocks away. On November 7, 2007 there was a 58,000 gallon spill. The spill came from a tanker that broad-sided the Bay [...]
Tags: dolphin club, movie, oil spill, open water swimming, pollution, san francisco, swimming, Training, video