My knee has continued to be an issue on the bike, so I've been swimming a lot. The Golden Gate swim is two weeks away. This Saturday is the Fort Point swim. It a 3.5 mile coastal swim and should be a great opportunity to tune things up for the Golden Gate attempt. There will be 12 other folks participating in the Fort Point swim. It is the longest Dolphin Club swim of the year.
Persistent knee pain has been very frustrating, but it has allowed me to make a new friend. Alex is a physical therapist who also participated in Iron April. He has been helping me rehabilitate my knee. Last night he invited me for a sunset bay swim.
The bay was in full flood conditions, so the water was approximately 9 feet above low tide. The winds were whipping and there was a strong flood current. The sunlight was fading and the chop created weird shadows in the waves. Midway through the swim I got really "sharky".
"Sharky" is one of two things - 1) an irrational fear of sharks or 2) a sixth sense about a shark in the water. We avoided the opening of the bay and circled back through the ships and arrived safely at the beach.
This morning this was in our local paper. . .
The waters off Stinson Beach are closed until sunset Friday because of a shark sighting over the weekend, officials said Monday.
A surfer who previously worked as a National Park Service lifeguard spotted a shark, 8 to 10 feet long, about 125 yards offshore at 7 p.m. Sunday, said park spokesman Rich Weideman.
The shark, possibly a great white, was north of the beach's main lifeguard tower.
Signs have been posted warning visitors to stay out of the water until Friday.
The last shark sighting at the beach was this spring, Weideman said.
Such sightings prompt an immediate three-day restriction, as sharks typically feed for several days in a given area, he said. The park service decided to add on two extra days this time as a buffer.
Stintson is a couple of miles (7?) from where we were swimming. So, I'm sure we were safe.
However, the Golden Gate is a lot closer to Stintson - 3 miles?
