In the Pool and Ocean in Surf City

Back in California this morning and I got to do my first weekday swim with Novaquatics in weeks. Coach Ahelee gave the set at 5:45am:

300 warm up
300 moderate
300 kick
300 moderate-fast

Repeat 2x
8 x 25 on :35 seconds
8 x 25 stroke with gear on :35 seconds

Repeat 5x
200 with gear on 3:30, 2:00 pace
100 with gear on 2:00, 1:00 pace

200 warm down
=3,300 yards

After getting my bike fitted at Rock N Road Cyclery and having lunch with my wife, I drove to Huntington Beach to do an Ocean Swim with Shane Fishbein and Mike Galli.

We threw a couple of kayaks in the back of my truck and went the couple of blocks to the beach. We swam from Lifeguard Tower 11, around the gawking crowds on the pier, up the coast and back. In all we were in the mid-50s water swimming quick for over an hour. Either I'm off on Tower 11, or Google Maps is trying to tell me that our 2-3 miles was probably under 2. That is the fun of currents in the open ocean.