Water: 60.6 - Tattooed Lady procured thermometer batteries so a precise reading is again possible
Air: 64, calm
Waves: Glass
Clarity: In these conditions, who cares? More once I cleaned my goggles.
Last swim:6:30 a.m. Thursday
Kru: Linda The Lamprey on early shift (she swam North)
Sunny Luna, Lydia the Tattooed Lady, Showgirl, A La Mode, Mr. A., Dragonfly
Shore Support: Mermaid Princess doing hill sprints, Wim Hofers (we supplied them with our temp)
Next swims: Friday a.m. open to question, Noon Saturday & Sunday
Looks like Capt'n and El Jefe are both on their biking leg according to the Kona Ironman athlete tracker, we wish them luck!
Third day in a row rising pre-dawn, A forecast cold front threatened to sweep away our Friday swim, so had to take advantage of today.
If possible, conditions were even more perfect than yesterday. Could not decide between these TTL photos so here are both:
The barest of ripples touched the surface. A dead fish lay inside the corrugated wall, and when it drifted north, it was decided. We would swim South, overruling Showgirl, who none the less swam longest.
I figured, Love Rock would the logical turn, but suddenly I was already at Sewer Pipe with Sunny Luna. Amazed, as she is uber-speedy, but we swam together to the 1,000-yard silver staircase. We turned to head back and she jetted several hundred yards while I was between breaths. I didn't see her again til shore.
Linda, Sunny and Mr. A swam skin; the rest of us sleeveless wetsuits plus sleeves. I was briefly tempted to tag Flat Rock, about 1,200 yards from Klode, but did not want to get all involved. As Sunny pointed out, "then you have to at least stand on it, then you have to chat" "--and then you're cold!" I finished. Sometimes, oftentimes, less is more.
Was looking forward to checking my splits to see which direction was faster - North or South - but annoyingly, my watch froze at 1,755 yards while I was still several hundred yards out.
Now, mid-afternoon, it's dark & rainy. Tomorrow's forecast has been revised and is not nearly so dire, so if we plan a meetup will post in the comments.
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Congratulations to Ironman Ted Shue, who finished Kona yesterday. Total time was 14:53:01. (I just hope his goal wasn't to break 14:53.) Full results at this link:
https://www.ironman.com/im-world-championship-2022-results#/tracker. Great job Ted!
In case anyone was curious...the little warbler we saw gleaning insects from the branches of the little tree behind the bulkhead was a juvenile yellow-rumped warbler. This is a good time to spot migrating warblers as they make their way south along the lakeshore, as insects persist along the more temperate shoreline after inland frosts. They were probably feeding on some of the gnats that are much decried by Itch. Everyone's gotta eat!
Yellow rumped :) aww
Wednesday night, air: brisk, sun:setting, water: 60F. It was beautiful, calm, soft water.
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