I found the coolest, open-water blog for the San Francisco Bay area. It's called "Just Add Water." It has lots of amazing info regarding Alcatraz swims, the South Coast Rowing Club, Nutcracker swims which are swims form Candlesteick Park to Aquatic Park and these swims nicknamed the Sunriser Swims where you jump off a pier to begin the swim and end up on the other side of the city when you're finished. Great adventures therein. My kind of people. Here is a link to the site and I have also included a permanent link in the right hand navigation: [
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What I picked up from the article is that bi-lateral breathing in an open water swim will give you two points of reference to help orient yourself in an ocean or lake. Here is a link to a PDF: [Link]
I found the coolest, open-water blog for the San Francisco Bay area. It's called "Just Add Water." It has lots of amazing info regarding Alcatraz swims, the South Coast Rowing Club, Nutcracker swims which are swims form Candlesteick Park to Aquatic Park and these swims nicknamed the Sunriser Swims where you jump off a pier to begin the swim and end up on the other side of the city when you're finished. Great adventures therein. My kind of people. Here is a link to the site and I have also included a permanent link in the right hand navigation: [Link]
