Dec 14 2008
Nature is Beautiful
Photo taken at 8AM in San Francisco, the best city in the world for nature-lovers.
Archive for the tag 'san francisco'
Oct 29 2008
Swimming in the Ocean at Night
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 [...]
Jun 11 2008
California Dreamin’
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 [...]
May 21 2008
Two upcoming open water swims
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 [...]
May 08 2008
The Schuylkill is Rippin’
I’m back in Philly for finals this week, and it has been a perfect opportunity to get back in my favorite river for a few good workouts. I took a sunset swim for about an hour on Tuesday sans Neal. He was busy trying to figure out why his Jeep can’t go over 35 mph [...]
Dec 03 2007
Local oil spill in my training grounds = Big impact
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 [...]
