A Rare ‘Daylight’ Swim with Dave

My good friend Dave will compete in the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon in June. He started his swimming training today by joining me for a sunset bay swim. It was a beautiful sunset and a tranquillo swim around the cove. There was some sea lion activity; in fact there were four of them in the cove. However, they are more cute than menacing during the daylight.

Midway through the swim we paused to watch the sunset against the Golden Gate. It is hard to describe this site from the water, it is just spectacular. Later we met up with another friend and hit Kennedy’s Irish Pub and Curry House for $2 Guiness Pints and Indian Food. It was a great night out.

The quote of the night was from Dave. After the swim his feet were bright red and stinging due to the cold. Through chattering teeth he exclaimed,

“I just don’t know how you do this! My f-feet, d-d-does your whole body feel as b-b-bad as my feet do r-right now?!?”

An elusive shot of the Kobold Tactical Phantom Chronograph


“Come on in Dave the water is greaa . . .uhh. . . 47 degrees.”


That is the spirit!