It’s only natural that people should ask why we swim without wetsuits. The water in the San Francisco Bay varies is normally in the 50F range. That is cold compared to an 80F swimming pool or a 95F bath.

212F Water Boils
95F Hot Bath/Shower
80F Swimming Pool
63F San Francisco Bay Water Temperature (Summer)
47F San Francisco Bay Water [...]

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It’s only natural that people should ask why we love to swim in the San Francisco Bay. Swimming in the ocean sounds perilous and dirty to the unintiated. My answer to this common question is below.
5 Reasons To Train in the San Francisco Bay

The Bay is clean and has less chemicals than the pool.
Swimming allows me [...]

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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 [...]

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Wow, what an awesome Labor Day weekend. Adam did quite a bit of biking. And I went surfing on Black’s beach in San Diego and snorkeling and jet skiing in the Baja Mexico. We are both doing our parts to keep fit and keep our tans up. Long weekends are the best!
Exciting announcement: We’ve had [...]

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Today we completed our adventure to traverse 10 Degrees of Latitude under human power on the continent of Europe. Just 6 more continents to go.
Ride stats today

129 miles
Fins to South Paris; completing 10 Degrees Latitude
Our most gorgeous bike day yet, a suitable end to an amazing journey
0 sheep, 5 buguettes, 2 barets
2 huge smiles and [...]

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We swam the channel yesterday.  Today is a planned day to rest, recoop and reenergize. We still have 200 more miles to bike to get to Paris — which will start day after tomorrow.
Some stats about our swim:

Dover, UK to Calais, France
14 hours 23 minutes
21 miles
Water temp 60F
In terms of nutrition… We [...]

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