La Jolla Coastal Corridor — Beach Progression # Beach Distance from Children's Pool Solo OK? Notes 1 La Jolla Cove 400m ✅ Solo Warm-up distance 2 Shell Beach 900m ✅ Solo Rocky shelf, stay 50m out 3 Wipeout Beach 1,600m ✅ Solo Shore break zone 4 Kellogg Park 2,400m ✅ Solo Lifeguard coverage 5 Scripps Pier 3,450m ✅ Solo Last lifeguarded point 6 Dike Rock 4,100m ⚠️ Escort advised No coverage past Pier 7 SIO Beach 4,700m ⚠️ Escort advised Scripps Institution shore 8 Black's Beach

On Sunday, September 27, 2026, I will be teaming up with fellow swimmers at La Jolla Shores for the 24th La Jolla Cove 10 Mile Relay, a signature open-water event built around the idea of "Celebrate. Swim. Give." Teams of up to five swimmers share ten miles of ocean swimming, all in support of two organizations doing important work: the American Diabetes Association and the Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego. As many of you know, ocean swimming and water safety have bec

Jul 3, 2026 · 7:00 AM · Children's Pool → North Turnaround → Return Cyan line = outbound heading north. You start at Children's Pool, swing west to clear the cove rocks, then track roughly parallel to the coast ~200m offshore. Orange dashed = return leg heading south, slightly further west. K markers = every kilometer. K3 is your first feed stop (~55 min in), right around where you pass La Jolla Cove offshore. K4 and K8 share roughly the same latitude — that's the La Jolla Sh

Based on your current fitness — 7,376m completed at 98 bpm avg HR with aerobic reserve remaining — you don't need a long buildup. You're already physically capable of 8,500m. The work is about extending time on water past 3:17 and adding one feed. Do not pool swim today. Even a light pool session burns 400–600 kcal of glycogen and creates mild muscular fatigue that will show up at km 7–8 tomorrow. You spent 5 days resting to fill those stores — don't tap them 24 hours out. Re

Go / No-Go — Saturday Jun 13 Factor Status Note FM-080 bacteria CLEAR Last updated Jun 12, 5:46 PM Wave height 2.5–3 ft SSW Manageable but active at entry/exit Wind 5 mph onshore SSW Slight chop — not glassy as forecast yesterday Water temp 70°F Warm — no wetsuit needed Tide Rising hard 6–9 AM Low was -1.2 ft at 2:46 AM, high at 9:15 AM Rip current risk HIGH (NOAA) Incoming tide + SSW swell = lateral push Surf quality 2/10 Onshore conditions, not clean CONDITIONAL GO — with a

10K Ocean Swim Tracker Given you lost nearly a week to illness, here's the full protocol from right now through post-swim: Now — 5:20 AM Hydration reset first. Your body is still recalibrating electrolyte balance post-illness. Start immediately: 500 ml water with electrolytes (not plain water) If you have coconut water, even better — natural sodium/potassium No coffee yet — it's a diuretic and your kidneys are still catching up Light movement only. A 15–20 min easy walk this

Thầy taught me that peace starts at 5 AM each day with mindfulness kitchen cleaning. I now learning to live intentionally with peace one breath at a time with each walking step, each brush stroke and each swim stroke within and without amidst the calmness and choppiness of the forever eternal ocean. Sharing memories of past years. Peace is never late but now.

I had a beautiful day today. I normally walk the other way to avoid climbing up the steep bluffs but I chose to walk the other way toward the birds today. At night I stumbled on this documentary 2073 Black beach

Jay called me out of the blue on Friday. I was so happy to hear his voice. After Amherst the last time I saw Jay was when the Wall came down in Berlin and then after finishing my MBA in New York when I decided to not go down to Wall st to be w the big boys and started painting at the League w Frank. If Frank had watered the seed Jay planted it. No one creates alone and we all are descendants of the great Masters & Teachers of Past and Present receiving all the gifts of lo

I finally found a place where I can just sit to watch the sky water air and land merging as one so I can just breathe and watch my brush releasing the right colors that reflect how I feel so I could just be and be one as well 🤗

From the Powerhouse park above Del Mar beach I could see the surfers and sun worshippers dotting below in the water enjoying the last waves before the majestic west coast sun to disappear in an hour or so. Perched above, I could see the beautiful San Diego coastline stretches for miles continuously north or south as far as the eyes could see. A few hours ago I was in this same water 8 mile north of Moon light beach bobbing up and down for my 2nd OW lesson with Bryan (my new

I sat in my darkened car outside of Lifetime Fitness. It was almost 9 PM EST. The high school swimmers were almost done. I dreaded...