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With COVID-19 restrictions still very prominent in life, I just haven't even tried to get to the pool (which involves reserving a lane)....

It is a light week of swimming, with my weekdays packed with work, leaving no time to swim. The days are getting shorter so a dawn patrol...

New wetsuit, warm waters, and sea foam make for an exciting week in the water.

Swimming towards a shark, plus numerous confirmed sightings, had me hang up my goggles for the week.

Most weeks I am doing some sort of activity at least 6 of the days, taking one day off. This was the week to take a few days off....

With so much swimming in the same area, it was exciting to leave the safety of the bay and venture out past the point.

I'm not going to lie... my three days in the mountains, coupled with all of my upcoming events and competitions being cancelled, has left...

Warming waters and a rescue of a sad, deflated raft lost at sea.

I've been swimming solely in Avila Bay for 9 weeks now and the bay keeps getting smaller and smaller. The same old buoy route is becoming...

The water is finally warming up and the conditions have been outstanding.

Logging my first 4km 90 minute solo swim across the two piers.

We have had offshore winds for a few days now, which upwells the cold water from deep in the ocean. The water temps have certainly not...

Water temperatures are still low, the weather is warm, and the ocean is open for swimming.

The weather stayed clear, the beach stayed open, and my schedule allowed for regular open water ocean swims.

Between rain and a shark sighting, swimming was not frequent. The one swim was quite dark and cold.

Finally, getting regular swims back into the routine. It couldn't get more perfect.

With pools closed and rains deterring open water swims, I am trying to settle into a new normal.

Between COVID-19 pool closures and rain-deterred ocean swim, swimming has been suspended.

Training in a time of uncertainty

The trials and tribulations of goggles. Love them and hate them and everything in between.