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Today was my 38th, possibly final, and definitely coldest open water swim this year! It was a lovely sunny day in the mid-60s at the Patagonia Lake State Park, but the water temp was a brisk 52F! I gave it… Continue Reading →
My last event for the year – the 16th Annual Anthem Holiday Classic Sprint Triathlon. The race consisted of a 400m heated pool swim, a fast 20km bike course and a 5km run. I did the event last year and… Continue Reading →
“Winning and losing is all part of the game meant to teach you a lesson…” Yeah, right…so why did I decide to participate in Saturday’s Canyon Lake Open Water Swim and what did I learn from my loss? In the… Continue Reading →
Lake swimming in Arizona is great, but it doesn’t compare to swimming in the ocean. I was interested in the Tiki Swim for a number of reasons: it didn’t appear to be too hardcore (well, ok…maybe, sort of…I saw a… Continue Reading →
I first swam in Parker Canyon Lake in September 2, 2012 when I was training for an 8k swim in Lake Mead in October called Slam the Dam (which was the last year the event was held). In the late… Continue Reading →
One of my favorite state parks in Arizona is Oracle State Park. The park is a 4,000 acre wildlife refuge in the northern foothills of the Catalina Mountains. It also serves as a Center for Environmental Education and provides programming for… Continue Reading →
Great Chesapeake Bay Swim is an annual 1-mile and 4.4-mile charity fundraiser swim across the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. I did the 4.4-mile event with 646 other swimmers. We started in two separate heats, about 15 minutes apart, beginning at Sandy… Continue Reading →
In preparation for my upcoming swim, The Great Chesapeake Bay 4.4 Mile Swim on June 11, I decided I would do my longest training swim yet at Patagonia Lake on Friday, May 12. Last month, I measured my course with… Continue Reading →
Patagonia Lake State Park is about an hour and a half south of Tucson – well worth the drive! The scenery along Highway 83 and 82 is gorgeous, particularly in the early morning or late afternoon light. I’ve been swimming… Continue Reading →
On Saturday, January 21, 2017, friends and I proudly joined a group of 15,000 people for the Tucson Women’s March, which was held in conjunction with Women’s March on Washington. It has been estimated that around 4 million people participated… Continue Reading →