Author: gogglereflections

I hated typing that subject line! While I think we have some beautiful summer type days ahead of us the traditional Labor Day end of summer weekend has come and has almost gone.  Below are some aquatic type adventures for the tail end of the traditional summer. This years Salem Swim & Fin was the… Continue reading End of summer…

After a great vacation on Nantucket last week I found myself back on island this weekend for the Swim Across America Nantucket swim. With Shannon in Los Angeles and the kids busy it was a perfect opportunity for a spontaneous quick day trip.  The Mass Bay weather forecast for the weekend was bit sketchy with… Continue reading SAA ACK

This past week I participated in the inaugural Misery Challenge off Tucks Point in Manchester by the Sea, MA.  This was a new and unique event on the North Shore that featured swimming, supping, rowing and kayaking. You could choose your own discipline and distance. Naturally, I chose the 3 mile open water swim to… Continue reading Misery loves company…

Our Summer Sales Meeting brought us to Carlsbad, CA  and the La Costa Resort.  I’ve learned with some planning, a willingness to get up early and of course the help of swimmersguide.com you can find some pretty cool pools.  Pool #69 was the relatively new Alga Norte Aquatic Center a short few miles from our… Continue reading #69 Alga Norte Aquatic Center, Carlsbad, CA

Serendipity-noun 1. an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. 2. good fortune; luck I seem to have a knack for serendipitous swimming related matters.  A serendipitous email a week ago from my English Channel swimming friend Tim led to a great last couple days.  Tim who lives in Oakand said one of their relay… Continue reading Swimming Serendipity-39th Olympic Club Trans-Tahoe Relay

Yesterday was Swim Across Americas Boston Harbor swim. This is always a fun event bringing out the best of Boston’s swimming community and swimmers from across the country.  The morning weather started out a bit gloomy weather-wise. A highlight of the morning gloom was a big white tall ship being led in the harbor by… Continue reading Swim Across America Boston Harbor 2015

It kinda crept up on me but social media postings would say that the last seven days were quite active for me and open water swimming. Allow me to quickly recap the week in open water swimming via social media. On Saturday June 13th it was the Doty Swim in Southie at the L Street… Continue reading Open Water Swimming & Social Media–#OWS #socialmedia #instagram #facebook

Wow-what a week for nice people and swimming! This week work found me in Chicago for a couple of days. When I texted my good friend Pat for lunch he said I know exactly where we will go. We went to Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria on State Street for deep dish pizza which is always good… Continue reading #swimmersarejustnicepeople

The alarm went off this morning at 6:09am to make a 6:45am Saturday morning workout. I hit the snooze and rolled over. I just needed another 30 minutes or so of sleep. Sadly, I didn’t sleep as I tossed and turned feeling guilty about not going to practice. Finally I reached the point where it… Continue reading #68 Thoreau Club, Concord, MA–Fit & Faster Swim Clinic

Great swim today at Walden Pond this morning. Blue skies, 72 degrees and sunny with warm water to boot! I swam with three good swimming friends; Dustin, Josh and Katie. What made it extra special aside from the obvious camaraderie of this quartet was that we had representation from four different age groups; the 20’s,… Continue reading Decades Swim @ Walden Pond