Last Bay Swim! Yaaaaay!

This morning was our last swim in the SF Bay at Aquatic Park. I didn't think it would be that bad, especially since we swum at Treasure Island a couple weeks ago and the water wasn't too cold. As it turns out, the water at Treasure Island is much warmer than Aquatic Park. Why? No one could tell me. The good news was that today the water was about 53 degrees as opposed to the 45 or so degrees it was in February. The bad news was that we actually had to swim the entire length of the distances we'll be swimming in the race. The stupid news was that I decided to swim in twice...just for the heck of it.

Kim was visiting me this weekend, so Lee and I brought her with us to watch. I'm really glad she came because none of my friends or family have really witnessed first hand what's involved in our training sessions. Kim was impressed with how much the coaches stressed us to have fun. It's true. They always want us to do our best and not to worry about comparing ourselves to others. Also, the group was happy Kim was there because they designated her "the stuff watcher." The coaches were swimming with us, so they needed someone to stay behind to watch our bags. She also had to feed a couple parking meters. Oh, and I made her the photographer. What a gal!

The entire team:

Time to get in the water! Those are our coaches Kurt and Valerie in the foreground. When we're swimming, Kurt sits in the water on his surfboard, makes sure we don't get lost and yells encouraging things at us. Can you tell how freakin' tall he is?? He's slouching and he's still almost as tall as his board!

I'm finally done!


All dry and warm!