According to a few surf reports, Sunday promises to be nearly ideal for a little race in Encinitas. The Moonlight Beach 1 Mile Open Water Swim begins at 8:30am...High tide, glassy and ~61F, S winds less than 5mph, waves under 1.5 ft from the South at 14 seconds. Weather is due to be rather cloudy and misty.
I've not raced in nearly 2yrs and I'm rather nervous. A time that's less than spectacular, is expected, but I do hope that I don't make a total fool of myself...completely anyway.
NOT HOW IT LOOKED WHEN I GOT THERE!
Yeah...what happened to the glassy conditions and 1.5 ft waves and <5mph winds???? Huh??? Swimmers were being plucked out of the sea by lifeguards right and left!
Our motley crew of mostly Oak Streakers: Patsee, Lynn, Mike, and others (I did run into John and a couple of others from LJ)
It was a tough start with 3-4 ft waves, south swell, strong northbound current and >10mph onshore winds! The water was nice at around 63F and very clear dusty turquoise color...note: no kelp, no sea lion poop, no stinky bird smell, no rocks!!
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| Annie Winners |
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| Mike Mitchell |
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| Patsee Ober |
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| Me with a 5th place smile! |
The results are in!!
Annie Winner got 2nd in her AG (youngsta's)
Mike Mitchell got 2nd in his AG (old dudes - no wetsuits)
Patsee Ober got 3rd in her AG (nekkid old ladies)
Lynn Kubasek got 4th in her AG (nekkid old ladies)
Marta Gaughen got 5th in her AG (nekkid old ladies)
Great 1st event of the season...will do it again next year!
Way to go! (love the category names!) :)
ReplyDeleteI made that up (hee hee) they just use our ages...there's no humor in that anymore!
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