Monday, August 11, 2025 / Water temp 20C / Air temp 19.5 C. / Overcast. Today at the lake, I swam in the sea. The fucking Baltic Sea. OMG, it made me so happy. It took me 30 minutes to get there on my bike, so I was tired when I arrived and kind of READ MORE
Tag: swim-gear
Beach Freak
June 9, 2024 Wind: from S 4.2 m/sec (9 mph);Air Temperature: 18.6 °C (65 °F); Water Temperature: 17.48 °C (63 °F) Today at the lake it was overcast, warm but not hot, breezy. As I walked to the beach I noticed a few people with a table and huge jars of some colored drinks. They READ MORE
Get In No Matter What
Feb 16, 2024 Wind: from SE 6.1 m/sec (14 mph). Air Temperature: 9.1 °C (48 °F) Water Temperature: 7.55 °C (46 °F) Today at the lake it was sunny and blustery. The water was really choppy, but I was desperate to get in the lake after not exercising for five days. I’m not sure if READ MORE
Friendly Peeps at the Park
Wind: from NW 3.8 m/sec (9 mph) | Air Temperature: 8.2 °C (47 °F) | Water Temperature: 9.39 °C (49 °F) (Lake Washington Buoy Weather Data 12/14/2023 ) Today at the lake it was chilly but not cold, and the water was nice and flat. There weren’t many people in the park. I saw two READ MORE
Never Mind About the Weather
Monday April 25, 2022 | water temp 46-50 F Today at the lake it was windy, wavy, and wet. When I arrived a kiteboarder was literally sailing through the air. Badass. The waves were fairly big, and the beach was deserted. Kinda dreary and dark, but I’ve decided I don’t care and I’m not gonna READ MORE
I Can Swim When I Want
Today at the lake…it was pouring rain. I didn’t care because I was antsy to swim. I convinced my friend to join me at the beach: she would walk loops on the mini walking path loop while I swam. We both get exercise. I have no idea what the temperature was….but I think it was READ MORE
Sunny Swim with Sunbeam Magic
Today at the lake I got to swim with K, who I haven’t seen since the crazy wavy jumping outing months and months ago. I wrote a little chant for us to say before we got in the lake, “We are sea witches, proud and true; we’re going to swim in the lake so blue!” READ MORE
Same Lake, New Beach
I got up three hours earlier than normal and went to a new beach. I met up with V and her friend J. I almost never get to swim in daylight, so it was a real treat to be out during the day and to be able to make it to a group swim. I READ MORE
NightSwimming
Today at the lake, I finally got to do a real night swim with V, another swimmer I met via online FB groups. I’ve tried to organize a couple of Friday night swims on the FB page I started for women who swim in the lake….and they never get off the ground. But V also READ MORE
Sometimes Just Walk
Today at the lake I met with C at the beach closest to my house. The water was flat, the air was cold, and the park was quite dark except for two bright floodlights on the wall of the park rec building. Neither one of us had been in the water recently, so we were READ MORE